The Virgin's festival incites our tongue today
to herald her praise… Handmaid and Mother, Virgin and heaven, the only bridge
of God to men, the awful loom of the Incarnation, in which by some unspeakable
way the garment of that union was woven, whereof the weaver is the Holy Ghost;
and the spinner the overshadowing from on high; the wool the ancient fleece of
Adam; the woof the undefiled flesh from the virgin, the weaver's shuttle the
immense grace of Him who brought it about; the artificer the Word gliding
through the hearing.
--Proclus of Constantinople,
Homily 1 (ca. 446 AD)
Homily 1 (ca. 446 AD)
Image source: William Henry Margetson,
Mary at the Loom, 1895
Quote source
Just a note! Years ago, the word awful carried the meaning of awe-full, that is, worthy of respect. Interesting, how language changes...
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