General (Vol. 2)
Aspects of Motherhood
- Virgin mother, sorrow sweet
At the lowly manger laid
All our hope; all sin repaid,
We lay our sorrow at Your feet. - Humble mother, reverent peace
In the arms of Simeon lay;
May we depart, like his last day,
In confidence of our release. - Patient mother, suffering long,
Promise of a piercing sword,
Shadow of our saving Lord
In the pigeon's severed song. - Stoic mother, tinged with fear
As the guards with cowards' steel
Forced the prisoner to kneel,
May we withstand the torturer. - Weary mother, sky turned black,
Broken body, promise kept,
In pain He taught you to accept
His going so He could come back. - Glorious mother, full of grace;
An earthly child and pain transformed
Into a universe informed
With the Grace your womb embraced.
