Luke 1.39-45

You, the eternal Word, entered the womb of Your servant Mary,
Assumed flesh, therein
Displaying Your great power
Over death and despair.

What manifold grace is this,
That God should freely dwell among men,
Akin to their lowly estate?

The unborn leap for joy within the womb,
The captives return from exile.
This is the fullness of time, where reality
Breathes deeply of the morning air, and night recedes
Before and within the awaited dawn.