1 No wind at the window,
no knock on the door;
no light from the lampstand,
no foot on the floor;
no dream born of tiredness,
no ghost raised by fear:
just an angel and a woman
and a voice in her ear.
2 "O Mary, O Mary,
don't hide from my face.
Be glad that you're favored
and filled with God's grace.
The time for redeeming
the world has begun,
and you are requested
to mother God's Son."
3 This child must be born
that the kingdom might come:
salvation for many,
destruction for some;
both end and beginning,
both message and sign;
both victor and victim,
both yours and divine.
4 No payment was promised,
no promises made;
no wedding was dated,
no blueprint displayed.
Yet Mary, consenting
to what none could guess,
replied with conviction,
"Tell God I say yes."
