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Annunciation

Jan van Eyck

c. 1436
Oil on wood, 39 x 24 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

30 posted on 03/25/2011 6:21:04 PM PDT by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)

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Friday, March 25

Liturgical Color: White
Today is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. The Church celebrates the appearance of the angel Gabriel to Mary announcing she was to be the Mother of God. The feast can be traced to the Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D.

31 posted on 03/25/2011 8:01:30 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)

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