Stomen Kalos, Stand in Beauty

And Mary replied:
"Behold, I am the servant of the Lord;
let it be to me according to your word."

The Annunciation
the Mysteries of Mary's fiat

Theotokos of Tender Mercy
written by the hand of Heather Durka

Ecclesia Orans:

Our Lenten Journey to Easter
is carried within
Mary's fiat
at the Annuciation

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In the Church's ongoing Pentecost,
the Great Archangel Gabriel names to us anew
the Qurban of Christ:
Barekhmor,
how awesome is this hour
and how dreadful is this moment,
O my beloved,
wherein the Holy Spirit from the topmost heights
takes wing and descends and hovers and rests
upon this Eucharist here present
-upon this Ecclesia Orans -
and sanctifies it for our salvation.
Be in calm and awe,
while standing and praying. . .

Sinai St. Gabriel
written by Heather Durka

We encounter the Archangel Gabriel in his mission to prepare us in receiving the Child of Bethlehem, the Lord of Heaven and earth, the Babe who is Pantokrator ~

In the "divine liturgy" of Salvation History
the Archangel Gabriel's mission for the Word Incarnate
belongs as well to the Church's Divine Liturgy
in the initial kukilions following the epiclesis of the Anaphora.

The consecration of the "Mariological Assembly"
-- as the Ecclesial Body of Christ --
is carried through all the Kukilions,
but especially recollected as the choirs sing as the single
Assembly of the Body of Christ:
Peace the bright archangel brought
hailing Mary fair,
favored is thy blessed lot!"

We open the pages of the Gospel Word . . .