03/25/2022
Our painting of The Annunciation is being featured on St. Francis Xavier's page to mark the Feast of Annunciation. The day that commenorates Mother Mary’s freely given acceptance of the task of being the Mother of God – Jesus Christ.
25 MARCH FESTVM INCARNATIONIS, INITIVM REDEMPTIONIS CONCEPTIO CHRISTI, ANNVNTIATIO CHRISTI
March 25 - Feast of the Annunciation
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy,
Our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
to thee do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn, then, most gracious advocate,
Thine eyes of mercy towards us;
And after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus:
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for Us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
O Virgin of the Incarnation, a thousand times we praise thee, a thousand times we greet thee, for the joy thou didst know when the Son of God became flesh in thy womb. Because thou art most powerful, O Virgin Mother of God, grant what we beseech thee for the love of God
(Pause and silently name your THREE intentions)
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.
Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
May the Heart of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament, be praised, adored and loved with grateful affection at every moment in all the tabernacles of the world and in the hearts of all men, even until the end of time. Amen.
