do what He would have wished, without making use of anything but His will alone.
But what words can describe the immensity of the various gifts with which the Holy Ghost has endowed this sacred humanity, the first and foremost being, His unspeakable union with the Divine Word, which is the greatest of all the wonders which the power of God could make?
Through that this sacred humanity has been raised above all that God has created, and beyond anything that His infinite power is capable of creating; and in order that this supreme dignity may correspond with His grandeur and magnificence, it has been made the fountain of every grace. The grace of being the universal Head of all mankind has been given to Him, in order that, through it all the treasures of heaven should be communicated to the children of Adam.
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Here is a wonder which in itself is out of the ordinary course of nature, of which experience has not taught us, a marvel which reason ignores, of which the human intellect cannot conceive, which astonishes heaven and earth, which creates admiration even among the celestial choir; and this mystery is, that Gabriel the archangel announces to Mary that " the Lord is with thee," and the accomplishment thereof is the work of the Holy Ghost.
