Today, as we close in on the business end of this season of Lent, the Church celebrates the feast of Annunciation, the day when angel Gabriel announced the plan of salvation to our Blessed Mother Mary ......that God will take the form of man by being born of her.Mary's humble and brave 'yes' allowed God to proceed with His plan of salvation and she conceived the Saviour in her womb.
All that mattered to her the Will of God. Everything else was just incidental. The church rightly recognising her role in the plan of salvation celebrates this feast since the early part of first Millenium. For a moment, the timing of the feast almost looks improper. I mean, aren't we in Lent. But take a closer look and we see 9 months on we celebrate the feast the Birth of our Lord, also known as Christmas. So the feast of annunciation has to be celebrated now ie 9 months before the birth of Christ.
Let us not forget that each feast that we celebrate is backed by thorough reason and logic which in turn is based upon Sacred Scripture and early christian tradition.
Happy feast to one and all......:)
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