"Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy."

John 16:20

"O Mother blest! And chosen shrine wherein the Architect divine | Whose hand contains the earth and sky vouchsafed in hidden guise to lie; | Blest in the message Gabriel brought; blest in the work the Spirit wrought; | Most blest, to bring to human birth the long desired of all the earth!"

- St. Venantius Fortunatus