How miraculous--
that a king would stoop
to enter the world
of the ordinary,
of the commoner,
of His subject,
of woman.
But God did this. Why?
Because humility,
even the lowliest of the low,
always rises---
and triumphs--
over everything else.
And didn't that woman know the greatest happiness?
Cleaning up the ugly first mess,
in its place she set a beautiful bouquet:
the Flower from which the sweet perfume
of virtues flows.
--------Hildegard of Bingen, Songs
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