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The Annunciation of the Lord Nine months before Christmas Day. The story as told in the Gospel of Luke: "In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, 'Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.' But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.' But Mary said to the angel, 'How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?' And the angel said to her in reply, 'The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God.' Mary said, 'Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.' Then the angel departed from her." (Luke 1:26-38 NAB) And the story as told by one of the great masters of art:
On The Annunciation Of Fra Angelico The silver carolling of Matins woke Manuel Machado (1874-1947) Note: the Annunciation was a frequent subject of Fra Angelico, and I am unsure whether this particular work is actually the painting Machado wrote about. (It is the central panel of an altar piece painted for the Convent of St. Dominic, in the Blessed's hometown of Fiesole, and now in the Museo Nacional de Prado, Madrid.) On the other hand, I don't know that Machado was thinking of one painting in particular, either. Lane Core Jr. CIW P Tue. 03/25/08 10:46:43 AM |
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