Duval Essay

The essay is due on Wednesday March 9, 2011.  It counts as a full 100 point test grade.

The essay should be at leat one page in length.

Students are asked to reflect upon the following poem about the Blessed Mother, using your knowledge of Poe, understanding of Mariology, and own spiritual deveotion.  There are prizes for this essay.  Winners will be announced at mass on March 25, 2011.

Hymn of the Angelus

Sancta Maria! Turn thine eyes
Upon the sinner's sacrifice
Of fervent prayer, and humble love,
From thy holy throne above.
At morn, at noon, at twilight dim,
Maria, thou hast heard my hymn!
In joy and woe, in good and ill,
Mother of God, be with me still!
When the hours flew brightly by,
And not a cloud obscured the sky,
My soul, lest it should truant be,
Thy grace did guide to thine and thee;
Now, when the storms of fate overcast
Darkly my present and my past,
Let my future radiant shine
With sweet hopes of thee and thine.

Edgar Allen Poe