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The Annunciation - Henry Ossawa Tanner

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A young women sits on a bed, hands folded and looks at a column of light.

Geoff Wheaton SJ reflects on the painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first African American artist to gain international acclaim.

"May it happen to me, as you have said." 

Let that be our response, too. 

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