Well, it may not be a Holy Day of Obligation in England and Wales but we certainly had more than usual at our morning Mass today, and we were fortunate to have our organist available to play for us and we sang two beautiful Marian hymns. It really felt like a Feast Day.
The first reading today of the fall of Adam always makes me smile to myself. I expect that's probably not the expected reaction but it always makes me think of young children in the playground. When challenged for doing something they shouldn't, the first child says, 'it's not my fault, he made me do it' and this is repeated by the next child and so it goes on . . .
What a contrast between this reading and the Gospel telling the story of the Annunciation. A reading that is so familiar but never fails to move me whenever I hear it.
Sorry, this post is rather disjointed, I just wanted to try and put down in words some of my musings on today's feast. I hope you all had a Blessed Feast Day.
