Hymn of the Assumption of Holy Mary1
1.
Joy of the world, new star of heaven,
Begetting the sun, giving birth to the parent,
Give a hand to the fallen, bring help to the doomed,
Virgin Mary.
2.
It is clear that you are a made ladder to God,
By whom holding the highest seeks the lowest.
That highest gift returns us to most
High heaven.
3.
The chorus of blessed angels,
The order of prophets and apostles,
Perceive you the only one before them
After the one god.
4.
The splendid palace of the heavenly king
Supported by seven pillars of wisdom,
Which the whole world cannot contain,
You enclose in your womb.
5.
Whom the heavens tremble, whom the depths fear,
The drops of the river and the storms of the sea,
He praises the setting, the rising is worshiped,
You draw tight in your arms.
6.
He who is the food of the angels is nourished by your milk,
He is borne in the womb of the virgin girl,
She who by his power carries her burden of
The broad earth.
The Avellana hermitage was dedicated to the Cross not only externally, but starting precisely from the hermits who lived there: for example our saint defines himself as the last of the servants of the Cross. But the cult of the cross is at the center of all of Damiani's work, who always talks about it, both in sermons and in letters, where the same liturgical dynamic is oriented towards this purpose for him: exaltation of the cross for the imitation of cross.