Time is not given

The history of the 25 of March reveals how creatively we mark the passage of time

Frauenfeld, Historisches Museum Thurgau / T 9393, a manuscript miniature depicting the Annunciation

Last Wednesday was the Feast of the Annunciation, the 25th of March, nine months before Christmas. Yesterday the clocks went forward.

Both feel like routine sacred/secular calendar events (depending where you are), and in a way they are, but they are also …