LADY OF MERCY

LADY OF MERCY 

Lady of mercy

my mother, my queen

we know not your loveliness

who never have seen

your face over Bethlehem

tenderly bent,

sole Mediatrix,

one mother, fast friend.

No, not alone Bethlehem,

Nazareth too

where God, your own Son,

chose to magnify you:

three decades of love, Mary,

brimful of grace!

bend down, Virgin, melt us

with flame of your face.

Recall us, O Mother,

to Cana again,

where your Child taught His children

your mercy to men.

slow time cannot change

that answer divine

of your Son when you whispered:

"They have (Love) now wine."

Lady of martyrs

by Calvary's wood,

the blood of your Christ

crimsoned earth where you stood:

each stain a sword-twist

in Simeon's thrust - 

heart of earth's sorrow,

quicken our trust!

Bethlehem cave

to Golgotha hill

was toll of your love, Mary,

choice of your will.

John was your second child,

mankind your third -

Oh, bring us your First-Born,

give us God's Word!

Sister M Aquinas RSM

Magnificat. Undated

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From 'A Silence full of bells'