Today's Angel is one made by our members, and in the window of BookShrop, on Green End. There are other angels in shop windows in town too - how many can you find?
Too many pictures of the Annunciation have Gabriel as a Golden-haired, beautiful man with wings. In this Basque Carol, we are shown a different image: "his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame". It's an altogether more alarming - but also awe-inspiring - image; this, one of the most powerful of God's servants, appearing to a young woman with startling news: God has chosen her! One of the amazing things about Mary is that she accepts not only Gabriel's presence, but the message also - that she, out of all women, has been chosen to bear the Messiah.
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