Hymn for the Carthusian Office of the Virgin: Matins
We sing the mystery of the Church as now our hymn to Christ we raise: He, the Father's timeless Word, born on earth the Virgin's babe. She alone of womankind was chosen from the human race, worthy in her sacred womb to bear the Lord of time and space. The holy prophets long ago foretold what now has come to pass: a virgin would conceive and bear Emmanuel - our God with us. Great mystery surpassing all: that Mary is allowed to see the God by whom all things were made proceed from her virginity. All glory be to you, O Lord, and to your sole-begotten Son, who with the Spirit e'er abide through endless ages wholly One. Amen.
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