Happy Mary's Month
this is a song that is one of my choir's favorites to sing. it's beautiful, emotional, and very very touching. it depicts what Mary, the mother of Jesus, may have been thinking the moment that her son was taken off the cross and placed into her arms for the last time.
"Mary Speaks"
Oh you who bear the pain of the whole earth,
I bore you.
Oh you whose tears gave human tears their worth,
I laughed with you.
You, who, when your hem is touched, give power,
I nourished you.
Who turn the day to night in this dark hour,
light comes from you.
Oh you who hold the world in your embrace,
I carried you.
Whose arms encircle the world with your grace,
I once held you.
Oh you who laughed, and ate, and walked the shore,
I played with you.
And I, who with all others, you died for,
now I hold you, now I hold you, now I hold you.
May I be faithful to this final test
in this last time I hold my child, my son,
His body close enfolded to my breast.
The holder held: the bearer born.
Mourning to joy: darkness to morn.
Open my arms...open my arms...
Your work is done.
"Mary Speaks"
Oh you who bear the pain of the whole earth,
I bore you.
Oh you whose tears gave human tears their worth,
I laughed with you.
You, who, when your hem is touched, give power,
I nourished you.
Who turn the day to night in this dark hour,
light comes from you.
Oh you who hold the world in your embrace,
I carried you.
Whose arms encircle the world with your grace,
I once held you.
Oh you who laughed, and ate, and walked the shore,
I played with you.
And I, who with all others, you died for,
now I hold you, now I hold you, now I hold you.
May I be faithful to this final test
in this last time I hold my child, my son,
His body close enfolded to my breast.
The holder held: the bearer born.
Mourning to joy: darkness to morn.
Open my arms...open my arms...
Your work is done.