St. Venantius Fortunatus – O Mother blest! And chosen shrine wherein the Architect divine Whose hand contains the earth and sky vouchsafed in hidden guise to lie…
O Mother blest! And chosen shrine wherein the Architect divine
Whose hand contains the earth and sky vouchsafed in hidden guise to lie;
Blest in the message Gabriel brought; blest in the work the Spirit wrought;
Most blest, to bring to human birth the long desired of all the earth!–St. Venantius Fortunatus