SAINTS' DAYS: ST. MARY THE VIRGIN
2 Blessed were the chosen people
Out of whom the Lord did come,
Blessèd was the land of promise
Fashioned for his earthly home;
But more blessèd far the Mother
She who bare him in her womb.
3 Wherefore let all faithful people
Tell the honour of her name,
Let the Church in her foreshadowed
Part in her thanksgiving claim;
What Christ's Mother sang in gladness
Let Christ's people sing the same.
4 Let us weave our supplications,
She with us and we with her,
For the advancement of the faithful,
For each faithful worshipper,
For the doubting, for the sinful,
For each heedless wanderer.
5 * May the Mother’s intersessions
On our home a blessing win,
That the children all be prospered,
Strong and fair and pure within,
Following our Lord’s own footsteps,
Firm in faith and free from sin.
6 For the sick and for the agèd,
For our dear ones far away,
For the hearts that mourn in secret,
All who need our prayers to-day,
For the faithful gone before us,
May the holy Virgin pray.
7. Praise, O Mary, praise the Father,
Praise thy Saviour and thy Son,
Praise the everlasting Spirit,
Who hath made thee ark and throne
O'er all creatures high exalted,
Lowly praise the Three in One.
Amen.
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