The things of earth have become heaven. The world has been released from the primeval curse. Let creation be joyful and sonorously extol our Creator and Redeemer. Glory to You, O Lord. Glory, both now.
Today are glad announcements of joy proclaimed.
This is the virgins' festival. The things below are joined to the things on high. Adam is made new again, while Eve is liberated from her former pain and sorrow. And the tabernacle of our human nature, with the deification of the substance that was assumed, has been designated as the temple of God. The manner of the emptying is unknowable, the manner of conception ineffable.