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

Hence, also, the bell tolled in the morning, at noon, and in the evening to indicate the time when the angelus is to be recited.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

Si æquale, ergo cum æquali lumine æqualiter Deum videbunt: alioqui si angelus perfectius videret, tunc aliquam partem beatitudinis haberet sine meritis, ex solis naturæ viribus.

From The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by Boudreaux, F. J.

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