ALL OF CREATION
In You, O Woman, Full of Grace,
the angelic choirs and the human race ─
all creation rejoices! All creation rejoices!
O Sanctified Temple, Mystical Paradise and
Glory of Virgins, He, Who is our God, from
before all ages, took flesh from You and became
a child! He made Your womb a throne! A throne
greater than the heavens! In You, O Woman,
Full of Grace, In You, O Woman, Full of Grace,
all creation rejoices, all creation rejoices! All
praise be to You! All praise be to You! All
praise be to you!
~St. John Damascene
In You, O Woman, Full of Grace,
the angelic choirs and the human race ─
all creation rejoices! All creation rejoices!
O Sanctified Temple, Mystical Paradise and
Glory of Virgins, He, Who is our God, from
before all ages, took flesh from You and became
a child! He made Your womb a throne! A throne
greater than the heavens! In You, O Woman,
Full of Grace, In You, O Woman, Full of Grace,
all creation rejoices, all creation rejoices! All
praise be to You! All praise be to You! All
praise be to you!
~St. John Damascene
Icon of the Mother of God of “the Three Hands.”
• Read a brief account of the background to this icon and hymn inspired by the intervention of the Blessed Virgin and the miraculous healing of St. John Damascene, here
