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Mary’s Wonder

Photo of snail on a white tulip amid yellow and orange tulips with text overlay of the couplet about Mary's Wonder for the Annunciation: "Startled by divine favor, Mary prayed, 'Let it be to me; I am your handmaid.'"
“Mary’s Wonder”
A reflection on Luke 1:26-38
Solemnity of the Annunciation
©️2025 Gloria M. Chang

In Mary’s troubled wonder, a virgin’s humble “yes” welcomed the eternal Son into our world.

Gospel

Luke 1:26-38

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. … Read the rest

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Now and at the Hour of our Death

Panel 1: Andreas Pavias, The Crucifixion, detail, 15th century (National Gallery of Athens) 
Panel 2: Andreas Pavias, The Crucifixion 
Panel 3: Andreas Pavias, The Crucifixion, detail
Panel 4: Russian Icon of the Crucifixion, late 16th century (State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg)

32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Friday (Year II)

Luke 17:26-37

“Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather” (Luke 17:37).… Read the rest