A Red State Mystic.

TODAY IS THE other Feast Day during Lent, The Annunciation of Our Lord to Our Lady. I'll probably write a bit more later concerning it. Until then, here is one of my favorite carols commemorating the day:

The angel Gabriel from heaven came,
his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame;
"All hail," said he, "thou lowly maiden Mary,
most highly favored lady," Gloria!

"For know a blessed Mother thou shalt be,
all generations laud and honor thee,
thy Son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold,
most highly favored lady," Gloria!

Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head,
"To me be as it pleaseth God," she said,
"my soul shall laud and magnify his holy Name."
Most highly favored lady, Gloria!

Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born
in Bethlehem, all on a Christmas morn,
and Christian folk throughout the world will ever say--
"Most highly favored lady," Gloria!

HERE IS A little video of it being sung by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. How thoroughly Anglican: