OUR LADY OF MERCY

OUR LADY OF MERCY

Our Lady walks the parapets of heaven

(her feet were sandalled once against the dust)

Our Lady's hands are beautiful with blessings

(the Nazareth beggars blessed them for a crust.)

She leans her head across the brilliant rampart -

(the latchless door at Nazareth stood wide)

Our Lady's hands are beautiful with blessings

(and angels watched the beggars there and sighed.)

She hears the mystic litany of angels,

a prayer no mortal knows and none could say,

but they who have no need can find no mercy -

"Most gracious advocate, turn thine eyes this way."

Sister M Bertram OM

Spirit. 1938

From 'A Silence full of bells'