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

When the angelus is ringing, Near the convent will you walk, And recall the choral singing Which brought angels down our talk?

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Inscripta Christo pagina immortalis est, Excepit adstans angelus coram Deo.

From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry

The angelus bells from the turret of the distant village church echoed sweetly on the tranquil air, and Zulma knelt by the bedside to murmur the Ave Maria.

From The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 by Lespérance, John