Annunciation Archives

Meeting Mary for the First Time

by Carmelite Sisters | May 7, 2024 | Praying | 0 |

Let us all follow Mary’s example. Allowing the Word of God to find a space to live in our humble,...

When All Creation Held its Breath

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Mar 25, 2023 | Knowing, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

THE MOMENT There is a singular moment which defines all history; a moment to which...

Celebrating Mary, Mother of God

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jan 1, 2022 | Knowing, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Image: “Madonna and Child” (detail) by Sassoferrato | Restored Traditions...

Discover God’s Plan Just for You

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Dec 20, 2020 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

When God has a Different Plan I think most of us can remember an occasion when we had something...

Standing at the Foot of the Cross

by Joannie Watson | Apr 10, 2020 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

“The obedience at the Annunciation comes to full flower at the foot of the Cross.” “Standing by...

When All Creation Held its Breath

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Mar 25, 2020 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

The Annunciation (St. Gabriel and the Blessed Virgin Mary) by Paolo de Matteis [Public domain],...

Encountering the Word — John 1:14

by ICL Editor | Dec 27, 2018 | Verse | 0 |

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.” (John 1:14) Please share on social media. Print this...

Encountering the Word — Luke 1:24-33

by ICL Editor | Mar 25, 2018 | Verse | 0 |

A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she hid herself, saying, ‘Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among...

Encountering the Word — John 1:14

by ICL Editor | Dec 27, 2017 | Verse | 0 |

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.” (John 1:14) Please share on social media. Print this...

Discovering God’s Magnificent Plan Just for You

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Dec 24, 2017 | Put Out Into the Deep, Sundays | 0 |

When God has a Different Plan I think most of us can remember an occasion when we had something all planned out. It might have been something relatively minor or it might have concerned something of greater significance to our...

The Mystery of Advent—Annunciation & Incarnation

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. | Dec 23, 2017 | Sundays | 0 |

The biblical term “mystery” refers to a long thread running through history, hidden under ordinary...

Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Bernard of Clairvaux

by ICL Editor | Sep 29, 2017 | Quote | 0 |

“And the Archangels—whom we must regard as differing in some degree from those called Angels—experience a delight that is filled with awe as they enter more closely into the counsels of eternal wisdom, and are commissioned to...