Today is the feast of the Annunciation, which celebrates God becoming man within the womb of the Virgin Mary (Notice that Christmas is exactly nine months away??) Today, we recall that our Lord loved us enough to become one of us, and Mary was faithful enough to say "yes" to God's plan.
Today is also the 375th anniversary of the first recorded Catholic Mass in the English-speaking colonies. On March 25, 1634, Fr. Andrew White and the settlers of Maryland celebrated the feast of the Annunciation at St. Clement's Island, after a long and dangerous journey from England. Today we recall when the Catholic faith first reached the shores of St. Mary's County, MD. The video below, which was created last year for Pope Benedict's Birthday, chronicles the Seeds of Catholicism in Colonial Maryland.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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