Mary the Dawn
Antiphon or song in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mary the Dawn, Christ the Perfect Day;Mary the Gate, Christ the Heav’nly Way!Mary the Root, Christ the Mystic Vine;Mary the Grape, Christ the Sacred Wine!Mary the Wheat-sheaf, Christ the Living Bread;Mary the Rose-Tree, Christ the Rose Blood-red!Mary the Font, Christ the Cleansing Flood;Mary the Chalice, … Continue reading
Abiding All the While
We await Your Second Coming, O Lord.In reality, You never left us.Your Body and Blood,Upon the altar of Your Presence,Witness to Your People, Your constancy. Before Your dying upon the Cross,You prepared a Body for Yourself in the Church,Embracing those who would soon desert You,Feeding Your Apostles the very Flesh,That would so soon be scourged.Giving … Continue reading