Gabriel is the messenger archangel, the one who carries the word. Ruler of the choir of Angels, he watches over the angels from 10 February to 20 March.

to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is ...