MOTHER OF THE MYSTICAL BODY

MOTHER OF THE MYSTICAL BODY

Canst thou forget that breathless day

when hidden in thy womb there lay,

("Ave" and Fiat" being said,)

we the members, Christ the Head?

Canst thou forget that happy morn

when thou didst see thy newly born

asleep within a manger bed

we the members, Christ the Head?

Canst thou forget the bitter woe

of that Good Friday long ago,

the cross where agonising bled

we the members, Christ the Head?

Oh Mother, thou canst not forget,

His suffering members bleeding yet,

till time to timelessness has fled,

we the members, Christ the Head

Sister M Aurea BVM

Sign. January 1961

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"Ave" - Hail

"Fiat" - Let it be done

From 'A Silence full of bells'