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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 --- 38 days ago http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/07/21/the-angel-of-the-lord-appeared-unto-mar
 A long, long time ago, in answering a question from a reader about why we Catholics make such fusses about things I wrote of Advent and the Incarnation : God kisses the earth, and nothing has been the same since…But no, maybe that’s not quite it, maybe God doesn’t just kiss the earth, for a kiss cannot last. Rather, God comes, as bridegroom - the real bridegroom who weds himself to us, divinity to humanity -and shares with us that most intimate privilege of marriage, the joining of two into one, the mutual dependence, the mutual commitment. What God has brought together, no man may separate. We are One. But every marriage, even the best, needs constant attention, constant giving…constancy. Call the repetitious seasons of Advent, then, year after year, a renewal of our wedding vows, complete with honeymoon… Pope Benedict XVI - what a writer; what a teacher! - ended his very well-received time with the young people at World Youth Day ‘08 by praying the Angelus with them. It’s a prayer of remembrance, gratitude and supplication and in it Benedict identifies the “moment of engagement” that preceded the wedding, in this lovely talk: From the close of the Randwick (Australia) Mass, the Pope’s introduction to the Angelus: Dear Young Friends, In the beautiful prayer that we are about to recite, we reflect on Mary as a young woman, receiving the Lord’s summons to dedicate her life to him in a very particular way, a way that would involve the ge ... |
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