Ave Maria Meditations
Gate of Heaven, Morning Star: Pray for us!
Who is she that comes forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in battle array? (Songs 6:10)
O Virgin fair as the moon, the delight of heaven, on whose countenance the blessed gaze and the Angels see themselves reflected, make us, your children, like you, and let our souls receive a ray of your beauty, which does not fade with the years but shines forth to eternity. Ven. Pius XII, pope
