“The Child whom I carry has carried me,” Mary said. “He lowered His wings, took me and set me between His pinions, then rose into the air. He promised me that height and depth would belong to my Son.
Refrain: Praise to You, Son of the Creator, who loves all.”
“I saw Gabriel, who called Him Lord, and the aged high priest, His servant, who bore Him. I saw the Magi bowing down, and Herod bewildered because the King had come.”
“Satan, who strangled infants so that Moses might perish, killed infants so that the Living One might die. He fled to Egypt, He who had come to Judea to labor and wander there; the hunter sought to catch the One who would catch him.”
“In her virginity Eve put on leaves of shame; Your Mother, in her virginity, put on the garment of glory. She gave the little covering of a body to Him who covers all.”
“Blessed is she in whose heart and mind You dwell! Through You, Son of the King, she became a king’s palace; through You, High Priest, a Holy of Holies. She had neither the care nor the turmoil of house and husband.”
“Eve became a nest and a tomb for the accursed serpent that entered and dwelt in her. His evil counsel became bread for her, and she became dust. You are our Bread, and You are [our bridal chamber] and the robe of our glory.”
“Whoever has holiness and is afraid—here is his Guardian. Whoever has sin—here is his Pardoner. Whoever has a demon—here is its Pursuer. For those who suffer pains—here is the One who binds up their fractures.”
“Whoever has a son, let him come and become a brother to my Beloved. Whoever has a daughter, or a daughter of his family, let her come and become the bride of my Glorious One. Whoever has a slave, let him release him, so that he may come and serve his Lord.”
“The freeborn son, my Son, who takes up Your yoke has one reward; but the slave who bears a pair of yokes, under two masters—one above and one below—has two blessings and two rewards for the two burdens.”
“The free woman, my Son, is Your handmaid; and if the enslaved woman serves You, in You she is free. In You she will be comforted, because she has been set free; hidden freedoms are stored in her bosom, if [she] loves You.”
“O chaste women, long for my Beloved, that He may dwell in you; and you who are impure, long for Him that He may sanctify you. And you Churches, long for Him that He may adorn you—the Son of the Creator who came to renew all creatures.”
“He renewed [heaven], which fools had worshiped—[all] the luminaries; He renewed the earth, which had grown old in Adam. A new creation was the work of its Renewer, and the All-Sufficient One restored bodies together with minds.”
“Come, you blind, and without silver receive light! Come, you lame, and receive your feet! You deaf and dumb, receive your voices! And whoever has had a hand cut off—let the maimed receive their hands.”
“He is the Son of the Creator, whose treasuries are full of every kind of help. Let the one who lacks eyes come to Him: He makes clay and transforms it, makes flesh, and brings light to eyes.”
“With a little clay He showed that man had been fashioned by His hand. The soul of the dead testified again that the human breath had been breathed by Him. Through these later witnesses it was believed that He is the Son of the First One.”
“Gather together and come, you lepers, and receive cleansing without labor. He has no need, like Elisha, to dip you seven times in the river, nor to weary you as the priests did with their sprinklings.”
“Seven [washings of Elisha] purified in mystery; [the seven spirits, the hyssop, and the blood were a type]. With the Great One there is no place for estrangement: the Son of the Lord of all is no stranger to the Lord of all.”
“If the Just One made the body leprous and You cleanse it, are You not the Fashioner of the body? Did He hate the body while You loved it? No: You fashioned it. The afflictions You laid upon it cry out that You are the Son of the Creator.”