angelus
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The Vatican confirmed the Pope will preside over the angelus prayer this coming Sunday, but next Wednesday's general audience will not take place "to safeguard the Holy Father's post-surgery recovery".
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads the Sunday angelus prayer in Saint Peter Square at the Vatican February 10, 2013.
From Time ● Feb. 11, 2013
Meanwhile the silvery sound of a clock that tolled the angelus announced breakfast time to Des Esseintes.
From Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
Another usage is that of periodical prayer, in the fields, or wherever the peasants may happen to be employed, as in the angelus, &c.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper
From yellowing leaves, fluttering earthward, celebrating the glorious agony of the trees, from the clangorous angelus bidding the fields to slumber, rose a sweet persuasive voice, counseling perfect oblivion.
From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Harriette Brower
