Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word.
The Annunciation, El Greco, 1597
The Incarnation
St John of the Cross (1542-1597)
Then He summoned an archangel,
Saint Gabriel: and when he came,
Sent him forth to find a maiden,
Mary was her name.
Only through her consenting love
Could the mystery be preferred
That the Trinity in human
Flesh might clothe the Word.
Though the three Persons worked the wonder
It only happened in the One.
So was the Word made incarnation
In Mary’s womb, a son.
So He who only had a Father
Now had a Mother undefiled,
Though not as ordinary maids
Had she conceived the Child.
By Mary, and with her own flesh
He was clothed in His own frame
Both Son of God and Son of Man
Together had one name. Translated by Roy Campbell.
St John of the Cross (1542-1597)
Then He summoned an archangel,
Saint Gabriel: and when he came,
Sent him forth to find a maiden,
Mary was her name.
Only through her consenting love
Could the mystery be preferred
That the Trinity in human
Flesh might clothe the Word.
Though the three Persons worked the wonder
It only happened in the One.
So was the Word made incarnation
In Mary’s womb, a son.
So He who only had a Father
Now had a Mother undefiled,
Though not as ordinary maids
Had she conceived the Child.
By Mary, and with her own flesh
He was clothed in His own frame
Both Son of God and Son of Man
Together had one name. Translated by Roy Campbell.
The Annunciation, El Greco, 1569
Prosigue
San Juan de la Cruz (1542-1697)
Entonces llamó a un arcángel
que san Gabriel se decía,
y enviólo a una doncella
que se llamaba María,
de cuyo consentimiento
el misterio se hacía;
en la cual la Trinidad
de carne al Verbo vestía;
y aunque tres hacen la obra,
en el uno se hacía;
y quedó el Verbo encarnado
en el vientre de María.
Y el que tenia sólo Padre,
ya también Madre tenía,
aunque no como cualquiera
que de varón concebía,
que de las entrañas de ella
él su carne recibía;
por lo cual Hijo de Dios
y del hombre se decía.
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