NOT a Holy Day of Obligation
The feast of the Annunciation, now recognized as a solemnity, was first celebrated in the fourth or fifth century. Its central focus is the Incarnation: God has become one of us.
From all eternity God had decided that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity should become human. Now, as Luke 1:26-38 tells us, the decision is being realized. The God-Man embraces all humanity, indeed all creation, to bring it to God in one great act of love. Because human beings have rejected God, Jesus will accept a life of suffering and an agonizing death: ?No one has greater love than this, to lay down one?s life for one?s friends? (John 15:13).
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Also happening on March 25 - Review the 'LifeNews' article titled, "Supreme Court Sets Date for Hobby Lobby's Challenge to Obama's HHS Mandate">
