Hail, full of grace, for you became a refuge for us, and you mediate on behalf of us, the earth-born, to your Son, and your God, and our God. Hail, full of grace, hail, the common salvation of all the ends of the earth together, and the Christian protection of all Christians. Hail, the only ready help of the helpless, and the only greatly powerful strength of the powerless. Hail, full of grace, hail, the only exaltation of the humble, and the only support of the poor, and the only mother of orphans, and of the poor, and of widows. Hail, full of grace, hail, the only consolation of the weary, and the only shelter of the unsheltered. Hail, full of grace, hail, the only redemption of captives, and the only recall of the exiled and banished. Hail, full of grace, hail, the only visitation of the sick, and the only healing of the infirm, and the only cure of the demon-possessed. Hail, full of grace, hail, the only governance of those who sail, and the only fellow traveller and companion of those who journey by night.
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Sermon for the Annunciation
St John of Damascus reflects on the power of Our Lady on the feast of the Annunciation
St John of Damascus

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