ASSUMPTA EST MARIA *
The solemn years have spent their languid length,
today shall mark the waning of their strength.
The yearning tranquil fire has burned until
consumed is Mary's heart, confirmed her will.
Eternal moment turns a portent face,
Omnipotence stoops low with loving grace.
Impatient, silent angels mute their song,
whose theme delayed her coming to them long.
In body borne on reverent angels' wings,
her God, her magnet in her soul's glad flight,
beauty to beauty, earth unto heaven's delight,
"My soul doth magnify the Lord," she sings.
Sister M Alicia
Magnificat. August 1944
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*Mary is assumed (into heaven)
From 'A Silence full of bells'
From 'A Silence full of bells'
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