Today is the Feast of the Annunciation and the Church sort of takes a break from celebrating Lent to rejoice in the simple, yet profound faith of Mary. She was about twelve years old and promised in marriage to Joseph, who was probably about sixteen at the time. An angel visited her and asked her to be the mother of the Messiah. We celebrate her simple act of faith in the First Joyful Mystery of the Rosary and in the Angelus, a prayer based on the account of this momentous event in the history of salvation.
Mary and Joseph
Mary and Joseph
Mary and Joseph
Today is the Feast of the Annunciation and the Church sort of takes a break from celebrating Lent to rejoice in the simple, yet profound faith of Mary. She was about twelve years old and promised in marriage to Joseph, who was probably about sixteen at the time. An angel visited her and asked her to be the mother of the Messiah. We celebrate her simple act of faith in the First Joyful Mystery of the Rosary and in the Angelus, a prayer based on the account of this momentous event in the history of salvation.