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| My painting of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. (acrylic, c. May 2011) |
I praise and worship the Triune God,
for giving you to me, my Glorious Queen.
You who with trust bore and gave birth to my Lord,
I rejoice for with your 'fiat' I am redeemed.
'Ave Maria gratia plena Dominus tecum',
with the Archangel Gabriel I sing.
By a singular grace you were conceived sinless --
as only God can grant you through Jesus our Sovereign King.
To you oh Virgin Mary my Sweetest Lady,
I give honor as Jesus Himself honored you.
I thank Jesus your Son for entrusting me to you;
Know my dearest Mother that I love you!
(It has been four years since I wrote this poem for Our Lady. How time swiftly flew by. I am glad that through all the ups and downs of life, I can claim to also be the child of the Theotokos! "I have gained a matchless prize, and thus I stand beneath the skies; the child of Mary.")
