O Mary, maid of Galilee, to you the angel came,
more tender than the fluttering dove,
a gracious presence from above,
and Gabriel was his name.
For Gabriel is the peace that comes when human hearts are purified,
when self is still.
when stubborn will
goes down, and we are free from pride.
And in that pure and sinless calm, thought can
behold God's son,
the holy one
that Christ revealed, the true and only man.
