OUR LADY OF SOLACE

OUR LADY OF SOLACE

“Let me but hear thy voice

sweet as thy face is fair.”

                        (Gradual)

Your radiance is a secret

which I can only guess,

having never known your smile

but only your caress

sweet beyond all telling,

O Queen of tenderness.

In the star-deep darkness

when I grope for you

swift your arms enfold me

lest, perchance, the true

vision of your beauty

blind my eyes anew.

Sister M Philip CSC

The Tidings.  September 1956

"O CLEMENS, O PIA, O DULCIS...”

"O CLEMENS, O PIA, O DULCIS...”[1]

Sweeter than honey and the honey-comb

the Fruit you gave us for our daily bread;

and when, like little ones, we cry for sweets,

we need but reach to you and we are fed.

Then honey-sweet, O Mother, cling to us

as golden beauty to the Son-bright air,

that we may leave your love on all we touch -

the traces of your sweetness everywhere!

Sister M Philip, CSC

Sign.  August 1956

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[1] O clement, O loving, O sweet (Virgin Mary)

FESTIVAL (2)

FESTIVAL (2)

I am a  wistful troubadour

beneath high heaven’s wall,

watching for my Lady

till from her casement tall,

like a shaft of sunlight,

she lets her fair glance fall.

I am an eager troubadour

beside high heaven’s gate,

listening for her footfall,

happy just to wait

my Lady’s radiant presence,

come she soon or late.

I am a joyous troubadour

before the Ivory Tower,

lost in my Lady’s beauty,

dreaming my Lady’s power,

until the lilied silence

breaks at her feet – a flower.

Sister M Philip CSC

In: Robert.  1944

A CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT BY MARIAN PRAISE FOR ALL AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS

A CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT BY MARIAN PRAISE IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING; FOR ALL WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, FOR THEIR CARERS, FAMILIES, COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS.