CMP Review 2026-02-15

After delivering his message to Zechariah, “the angel Gabriel went forth once more on that high errand: came to Nazareth.” We call that second errand “The Annunciation,” and that is the name Charlotte Mason chose for her beautiful poetic reflection on the angelic visit.

Millennia before, “Adam and Eve, with their ‘no’ to God’s will, had closed [the world’s] door” to God. But “Mary said ‘yes’ to this divine will; she placed herself within this will, placed her whole life with a great ‘yes’ within God’s will, and thus opened the world’s door to God” (Benedict XVI).

What happens when a child of God says, “Be it to me according to thy word”? Charlotte Mason’s poetry invites you to consider the mystery. Find it here.

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