--- title: Blog Posts – Church Life Journal | Annunciation description: Annunciation | --- Search [![churchlife](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/church-life-journal-white-horizontal-1.png)](http://churchlife.nd.edu/) - [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays) - [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles) - [Blog](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) All posts filed under: BLOG POSTS [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Annunciation.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/04/avemaria) ## [Ave Maria](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/04/avemaria) Published by [J.M. Hogue](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/j-m-hogue) *This reflection recalls a prayer experience that occurred during an 8-day Ignitian silent retreat. On the fourth day, J.M. Hogue's spiritual director asked him to contemplate the Annunciation. For one of the hour long prayers, she invited him to go to the retreat center’s labyrinth, which follows the same pattern as the one inscribed on the floor of Chartes Cathedral in France. After explaining th...* Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [April 04, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/04/avemaria) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [Annunciation](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/annunciation) / [jmhogue](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/jmhogue) / [undergraduate](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/undergraduate) / [John Michael Hogue](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/john-michael-hogue) / [Notre Dame](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/notre-dame) / [poetry](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/poetry) / [spiritual exercises](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/spiritual-exercises) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/image1-1-e1459782215948.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/04/the-mass-for-millennials-opening-prayer) ## [The Mass for Millennials: Opening Prayer](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/04/the-mass-for-millennials-opening-prayer) Published by [Timothy O'Malley](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/timothy-omalley) After the angelic song of the Gloria concludes, in which heaven and earth kiss, silence descends upon the assembly. The priest says, "Let us pray," and then a series of words follow that (if you're me holding a toddler performing acrobatics), you rarely listen to. 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