Ave Maria Meditations
Sing of the blessed Mother
Who received the angel’s word,
And obedient to the summons
Bore in love the infant Lord;
Sing we of the joys of Mary
At whose breast that child was fed
Who is Son of God eternal
And the everlasting bread.
Sing we, too, of Mary’s sorrows,
Of the sword that pierced her through.
When beneath the cross of Jesus
She His weight of suffering knew,
Looked upon her Son and Savior
Reigning from the awful tree,
Saw the price of our redemption
Paid to set the sinner free.
Sing again the joys of Mary
When she saw the risen Lord,
And in prayer with Christ’s apostles,
Waited on His promised word:
From on high the blazing glory
Of the Spirit’s presence came,
Heav’nly breath of God’s own being,
Tokened in the wind and flame.
