25/03/2026
🕊Blessed Feast of The Annunciation everyone! 🕊
On March 25, exactly nine months before Christmas, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Annunciation, the moment when the angel Gabriel appears to Mary and announces that she will become the mother of Jesus.
Mary’s response echoes the great “here I am” of figures like Abraham, Moses, and Samuel. Yet her response is not immediate. First, she asks a question, “How is it possible?”
Her eventual “yes” is not passive—it is a free and conscious act. In that moment, Christian tradition holds that something entirely new takes place: the Word becomes flesh, and the union between divine and human nature begins.
God decreed from the very eternity that humankind's salvation through the incarnation, but mankind has to freely consent to God’s plan for our salvation. As Saint Augustine said, “the one who created you without you will not save you without you."
Our Lady of the Annunciation, teach us to trust God as you do! 🙏🕊
Artwork: “Annunciation” by Lu Hongnian
Adapted from: https://ewtnvatican.com/articles/annunciation-of-mary-the-day-that-changed-history.
