(From the Poem of the Man - God)
Mary , a very young girl, who looks fifteen years old at most, is in a small rectangular room. She is sitting on a low stool, spinning some linen. Her beautiful young face is slightly bent forward and she is smiling gently as if she were caressing or following some sweet thought.
Mary begins to sing in a low voice, then she raises Her voice slightly.. lt must be a sacred song, perhaps a Psalm. Her face is beautifully flushed and Her eyes are lost behind..
The song changes into a prayer.. She remains absorbed in it..
The curtain of the little room moves fast..And a pearl white light mixed with pure silver makes the slightly yellow walls clearer and makes the colours of the cloths brighter and Mary's raised face more spiritual. And in such light, while the curtain is still drawn on the mystery to be accomplished, the Archangel prostates himself.
"Hail Mary, full of Grace, Hail!"
Mary is startled and lowers Her head. And She is even more startled when She sees the shining creature kneeling at about a metre from Her and looking at Her with infinite veneration, his hands crossed over his chest.
Mary jumps to Her feet and She squeezes against the wall.
"Do not fear. The Lord is with You! You are blessed amongst all women!"
But Mary continues to be afraid.
"Do not fear, Mary!" repeats the Archangel. "I am Gabriel, the angel of God. My Lord has sent me to You. Do not be afraid, because You have found Grace in the eyes of God. And You will conceive and bear a son and You will call Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His Ancestor David and He will rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and His reign will have no end.."
"How can this come about, since I do not know man? Perhaps the Lord God will no longer accept the offer of His maidservant and does not want Me a virgin for His love?"
"Not by deed of man You will be a mother, Mary. You are the eternal virgin, the Holy Virgin of God. The Holy Spirit will come upon You and the power of the Most High will cover You with its shadow. So the Child born of You will be called Holy and Son of God. Our Lord can do everything. Elizabeth, the barren one, in her old age has conceived a son who will be the prophet of Your Son and will prepare His ways. Elizabeth is in her sixth month.. Nothing is impossible to the Lord. Mary, full of grace, what shall I tell my Lord? The world, Heaven and the Eternal Father are awaiting Your word!"
Mary crosses Her hands over Her breast and bowing down deeply, says: I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let what you have said be done to Me."
The angel shines out of joy. He kneels in adoration because he sees the Spirit of God descent upon the virgin bent down in assent and he disappears without moving the curtain, but leaves it well drawn over the Holy Mystery.
Mary , a very young girl, who looks fifteen years old at most, is in a small rectangular room. She is sitting on a low stool, spinning some linen. Her beautiful young face is slightly bent forward and she is smiling gently as if she were caressing or following some sweet thought.
Mary begins to sing in a low voice, then she raises Her voice slightly.. lt must be a sacred song, perhaps a Psalm. Her face is beautifully flushed and Her eyes are lost behind..
The song changes into a prayer.. She remains absorbed in it..
The curtain of the little room moves fast..And a pearl white light mixed with pure silver makes the slightly yellow walls clearer and makes the colours of the cloths brighter and Mary's raised face more spiritual. And in such light, while the curtain is still drawn on the mystery to be accomplished, the Archangel prostates himself.
"Hail Mary, full of Grace, Hail!"
Mary is startled and lowers Her head. And She is even more startled when She sees the shining creature kneeling at about a metre from Her and looking at Her with infinite veneration, his hands crossed over his chest.
Mary jumps to Her feet and She squeezes against the wall.
"Do not fear. The Lord is with You! You are blessed amongst all women!"
But Mary continues to be afraid.
"Do not fear, Mary!" repeats the Archangel. "I am Gabriel, the angel of God. My Lord has sent me to You. Do not be afraid, because You have found Grace in the eyes of God. And You will conceive and bear a son and You will call Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His Ancestor David and He will rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and His reign will have no end.."
"How can this come about, since I do not know man? Perhaps the Lord God will no longer accept the offer of His maidservant and does not want Me a virgin for His love?"
"Not by deed of man You will be a mother, Mary. You are the eternal virgin, the Holy Virgin of God. The Holy Spirit will come upon You and the power of the Most High will cover You with its shadow. So the Child born of You will be called Holy and Son of God. Our Lord can do everything. Elizabeth, the barren one, in her old age has conceived a son who will be the prophet of Your Son and will prepare His ways. Elizabeth is in her sixth month.. Nothing is impossible to the Lord. Mary, full of grace, what shall I tell my Lord? The world, Heaven and the Eternal Father are awaiting Your word!"
Mary crosses Her hands over Her breast and bowing down deeply, says: I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let what you have said be done to Me."
The angel shines out of joy. He kneels in adoration because he sees the Spirit of God descent upon the virgin bent down in assent and he disappears without moving the curtain, but leaves it well drawn over the Holy Mystery.
