DEATH OF OUR LADY

DEATH OF OUR LADY

Mary has fallen 

gentle seed to earth

that a new plant of life glorious

might rise triumphant.

Seven times has she planted in sorrow*

and watched it blossom joy.

Oh - we have known her beauty

because her seed has fallen.

Each sorrow held her

within a canyon of silence

but God entered her valley

to sing His fiat of glory.

Sister M Ethna OSF

Cord. August 1961

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*Reference to the Blessed Virgin's seven sorrows: [1] the prophecy of Simeon, [2] flight into Egypt, [3] the loss of Jesus, [4] the meeting with Christ on His way to Gethsemane, [5] standing at the foot of the cross while Jesus died, [6] taking down Christ's body from the cross and [7] the burial of Jesus.

From 'A Silence full of bells'