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De Champaigne Annunciation. "He waited at the door of your will for you to open to him; for he wanted to come into you, but he would never have entered unless you had opened to him, saying, ‘Behold, …More
De Champaigne Annunciation.
"He waited at the door of your will for you to open to him; for he wanted to come into you, but he would never have entered unless you had opened to him, saying, ‘Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.’ The eternal Godhead, O Mary, was knocking at your door, but unless you had opened that door of your will, God would not have taken flesh in you." – St Catherine of Siena. Painting from the Wallace Collection, London.
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