March 25th, The Feastday of the Annunciation In her poem "Annunciation," Denise Levertov suggests that the message the angel Gabriel brings to Mary is one that comes to each of us. We receive an intimation of some purpose larger and mor…  | Karl Duffy March 25 | March 25th, The Feastday of the Annunciation In her poem "Annunciation," Denise Levertov suggests that the message the angel Gabriel brings to Mary is one that comes to each of us. We receive an intimation of some purpose larger and more challenging than anything we have imagined for ourselves, but all too often those strange and risky times.... "More often
those moments
when roads of light and storm
open from darkness in a man or woman,
are turned away from
in dread, in a wave of weakness, in despair
and with relief.
Ordinary lives continue.
God does not smite them.
But the gates close, the pathway vanishes." Kathleen Norris, Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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