The Messenger from God's high throne His secret counsel making known Hails Mary, child of David's race, God's Virgin-Mother, full of grace. The Mother-Maid with joyous feet Her friend, John's mother, goes to greet; He, stirring in the enclosing womb, Declares that Christ his Lord has come. The Word, who ere the worlds began, From God the Father's thought forth ran, Of Mary, Virgin undefiled, For us is born a mortal child. Christ to the Temple courts they bring; The King's own law subjects the King; The world's Redeemer for a price Is there redeemed, our sacrifice. The joyful Mother finds once more The Son she mourned as lost before; While doctors by His speech were shown The mysteries they had never known. To God the Three in One be praise, Who through these holy mysteries Grants grace to those who seek in prayer The glory of His bliss to share.