On Gabriel's Manner of Addressing Mary
“Most highly favored, Lady,” was part of the refrain we sang in the praise of Mary in the hymn preceding the Holy Gospel. We did so, in the words of the hymn, as “Christian folk through the world will ever say.” This moment has been so taken up by the church in the hymnography, iconography, and artwork in all mediums. The Annunciation is an event in human history of inexhaustible meaning and implication. And so I want to reflect upon it, and especially upon Gabriel’s first words to Mary. And I do so in light of my recent preaching on how S. John Baptist embodies Advent because through him is…
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