(March 19)
What shall we call You, O Blessed Mother of God, Most Immaculate Mary? With which songs shall we exalt Thee, exalted by Heaven and earth, Angels and men? For there appears upon You a mystery unheard of from eternity on earth and unknown to the Angels in Heaven, more than the mind and the word, the incarnation of God the Word, born from time immemorial from the Beginning Father without a mother and incarnate in Your womb and born with the imperishable seal of Your virginity. Oh, the miracle of all ancient and modern miracles! The immutable word of God Himself about the victorious seed of the woman was fulfilled and perfected in the Husbandless Virgin. Oh, the immeasurable depth of the wisdom and greatness of God! What names shall we call Thee, O Brideless Bride? Shall we call Thee the sun rising in the sky? But You are Heaven itself, from You the Sun of Truth has risen - Christ our God, the Savior of sinners. Do we call You the gate leading into the paradise lost by our ancestors, abounding in all blessings?
But You Yourself are a grace-filled paradise, having grown the Flower of incorruption, healing and driving away the stink of sin and the stench of ancestral corruption. Shall we call Thee a young Immaculate Virgin who has not known marriage? But even to old age you remained unartificial and virgin until birth, and at birth, and after the birth of the Son. Shall we call Thee Pure and Holy Mary, who surpassed all mothers and foremothers in Her purity? But You not only gave birth to that Child Christ, but also carried Him with Your breasts, and nourished Him with Your mother’s virgin milk, Him Who feeds every creature, Him with fear and trembling The heavenly powers are coming, and He is praised by every breath and creation. Oh, truly You are marvelous among wives, wonderful among virgins, inimitable among mothers! We fall before You before Your Divine face and before Your holy feet we lay down and lay down all our thoughts, desires, intentions and feelings.
Sanctify them with Your Mother of God and lift them up, like the sacrifice of our humble heart, like a little-valued contribution to our spiritual poverty, to the Throne of Your Son, the Savior ours, so that the message of destinies will guide our path to salvation and the inheritance of His Kingdom, which will have no end forever and ever. Amen.