"The sinner often seeks for something which he does not find; but to the just man it is given to find what he seeks: "The substance of the sinner is kept for the just." Thus, Eve sought the fruit of the tree (of good and evil), but she did not find in it that which she sought. Everything Eve desired, however, was given to the Blessed Virgin."
~St. Thomas Aquinas: The Angelic Salutation.
Annunciation (detail), by Fra Angelico.
Tempera on wood, 1433-34; Museo Diocesano, Cortona.
Tempera on wood, 1433-34; Museo Diocesano, Cortona.
