"The holy Mary has called us together, that underfiled treasure of virginity, the rational paradise of the second Adam,the workshop of the union of the natures, the market place for the salutary exchange, the bridal chamber wherein the Word espoused flesh...the most pure fleece of heavenly rain (Judges 6:37), from which the Shepherd clothed the sheep-handmaid and Mother, Virgin and heaven, the only bridge of God to men. She is awe-inspiring loom of the Incarnation, whereon in a way unspeakable was woven the garment of the hypostatic union, with the Holy Spirit as weaver; the overshadowing power from above, the connecting thread (erithos); the ancient fleece of Adam, the wool; the undefiled flesh from the Virgin, the threaded woof; the shuttle, the immeasurable grace of her who bore, with the Logos as Artist..."