"Be it done unto me according to thy word." The announcement has been made and heard. The world is with child.

In all the busy-ness of the weekend, the feast of The Annunciation of Mary sailed under my radar.It was celebrated on Monday this year but the official date is March 25 ------nine months before Christmas (sorry.) It is the one day during Lent the church calendar allows the "Gloria" to be sung and white vestments to be worn. It also gives me a chance to share one of my favorite paintings:



"The Annunciation" by Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937)