FOR MARY MOTHER OF OUR LORD

 A HYMN FOR THE 2ND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY

By J.R. Peacey, 1896-1971

 

For Mary, Mother of our Lord,

God's holy name be praised;

she first the Son of God adored

as on her child she gazed.

 

Bravely, the Virgin pure believed

-though hard the task assigned-

and by the Holy Ghost conceived

the Saviour of mankind.

 

God's handmaid, she at once obeyed

by her 'Thy will be done';

the second Eve love's answer made

which our redemption won.

 

The busy world gave little space

and time for God on earth;

a cattle stable was the place

where Mary gave him birth.

 

She gave her body as God's shrine,

her heart to piercing pain;

she felt the cost of love divine

when Jesus Christ was slain.

 

Dear Mary, from your lowliness

and home in Galilee,

flow out a joy and holiness

to every family.

 

Hail Mary, thou art full of grace,

above all women blessed,

and blessed thy Son whom thou embrace,

in birth and death confessed.