The Feast of the Annunciation: Letter 16
Letter 16 Notes (Tuesday, Mar 25 in Lent 3) The Scripture Lessons for today are found HERE! Today we look at Letter #16 on the Feast of the Annunciation. You may remember that Major Feasts celebrate a key event in the life of our Lord or one of the major Saints of the Church. You can learn more about The Calendar of the Church Year on pages 15 – 17 in the Book of Common Prayer. The Feast of the Annunciation celebrates the visit of the archangel Gabriel to Mary with the announcement that she would be the mother of Jesus. Our reading for today from the Gospel of Luke tells the story. As I read it again I noticed for the first time that Gabriel announces that “The Holy Spirit will come upon you…” and that she WILL conceive. The next story skips to Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth who is also pregnant with John the Baptist. Mary at this point is already expecting. So we do not have an account of when the Holy Spirit actually came upo...