"Though still a virgin she carried a child in her womb, and the handmaid and work of his wisdom became the Mother of God." St. Ephraim of Syria, "Songs of Praise," c. 351 A.D. "There is One ...
Gaude, Virgo gloriosa, super omnes speciosa; vale, o valde decora, et pro nobis Christum exora. Regina Caeli The "Regina Caeli" is a twelfth-century antiphon for Evening Prayer during the Easter ...
The feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated each year on the eighth of September ... The antiphon for the Canticle of Zechariah at Morning Prayer expressed these sentiments in ...