Our Mother – Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb

Our mother from my grandfather's prayer book (Men in prayer).

Holy spotless virgin!

With what praise shall I praise you, I don't know it.

For whom the heavens could not contain,

Did you carry in your lap.

You are blessed among women

And blessed is the fruit of your womb.

Is there a man on all earth who was allowed in grace to become what the Mother of God was?

A lily-pure blossom, marvels of the goodness of God, marvelous before the angels.

Virgin, intact, pure mother, you carried your Savior, your God, in the holy shrine.

O that all things turn, home to you, o mother, would find all the world out of deepest need!