D. AngelusPraying the Angelus interrupts whatever task you are in, just as the a…

Praying the Angelus interrupts whatever task you are in, just as the arrival of Christ in the Incarnation interrupts the world. Far from being a distraction, the welcome interruption of the Angelus teaches a life-long lesson: no activity is more important than prayer—not work, not study, not conversation, nothing.

Every invitation to pray the Angelus is an opportunity to speak our own “yes” to God because every invitation to pray the Angelus is a moment of choice. Will I allow God to interrupt and enter this moment of my life? Or, will I favor the task at hand? The practice of saying “yes” in the Angelus is a two-fold practice of saying “yes” to God. First, by accepting the invitation to pray and, second, by repeating the words of Mary, “Be it done unto me according to thy word.” The hope and wisdom of the prayer is that day after day the “yes” to God becomes easier and the “yes” of Mary becomes our own.