Then the angel left her (Fr. James Martin)

   The most important part of today’s Gospel (Lk 2:26-38) may be the phrase, Then the angel left her. 

   This is the part about faith.  Who knows if Mary had as profound a religious experience between her visit with the Angel Gabriel and Jesus’ first miracle at Cana?  After the angel leaves, Mary has to trust in God’s promises to her. 

   How similar this is to our own lives. We have a deep experience of God, and then must rely on it.  Often for many years. 

   Then the angel left her is where we live. 

--Fr. James Martin, Facebook, 

December 8, 2016.

Today (March 25) is the Feast of the Annunciation – 

let it be an occasion for you to think about faith,

and your trust in God's promise!

Image source:  Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Annunciation (1898), Philadelphia Museum of Art