This statue of Our Lady is located in St. Leo the Great
Catholic Church in the Little Italy section of Baltimore, MD.
This traditional hymn is from the "Stanbrook
Abbey Hymnal"The ark which God has sanctified
Which He has filled with grace,
Within the temple of the Lord
Has found a resting place.
More glorious than the seraphim,
This ark of love divine,
Corruption could not blemish her
Whom death could not confine.
God-bearing Mother, Virgin chaste,
Who shines in heaven's sight;
She wears a royal crown of stars
Who is the door of Light.
To Father, Son and Spirit blest
May we give endless praise
With Mary, who is Queen of heaven,
Through everlasting days.