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I hope you enjoy this gentle medieval carol, Angelus ad Virginem, performed here by the Sixteen. The most terrible of all the enemies of Satan is a woman whose humility is unbearable to him. We have no cause to despair at the condition of our world. We have her to bring us closer to sublime reality and help us bear difficult truths.

The angel came to the Virgin,
entering secretly into her room;
calming the Virgin’s fear, he said, “Hail!
Hail, queen of virgins:
you will conceive the Lord of heaven and earth
and bear him, still a virgin,
to be the salvation of mankind;
you will be made the gate of heaven,
the cure of sins.”

More of the lyrics are here.

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