Lady Day is really La Madonna’s Day

Posted in Anniversary, Bible, Religion on Wednesday, 10 July 2013

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This edited article about Lady Day originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 323 published on 23 March 1968.

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The Annunciation by Carlo Crivelli

On March 25th the Church celebrates a joyful and solemn occasion in the life of our Saviour. It is kept as the feast of the day on which the angel Gabriel announced to the Mother of Our Lord the news that she was to bear a Son who would be the Saviour of the world.

Officially called the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, this day is popularly known as ‘Lady Day’, and was often, formerly, a date fixed for the completion of legal contracts. This was because it was so well known and widely observed, and falls conveniently at the close of the first quarter of the calendar year, being the first of the four quarter days.

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