angelus

Example Sentences

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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

What had ye done to her, years upon years, That her head should be bowed down thus— Thus for your golden vespers, And deepening angelus?

From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred

For it is the first summons to vespers, soon followed by the tinier tinkle of the angelus.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne

Sed anima non perfectius videbit Deum quam angelus: ergo animæ videntes Deum non oportet quod omnia videant….

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