Sr Sandra Sears of the Community of St Barnabas and St Cecilia wrote this Mary song that has lots of relevance for Advent, which is coming soon. There is no sample at the AOV site of this song but I think my backing will give you the idea. It sounds like a carol and though I’ve never heard of it, it may be another lost classic from AOV.
Refrain
Babe and boy, child and man.
Mary’s joy, Mary’s pain.
None so close to his heart
Than the heart of Lady Mary.
Verse 1
God of glory, God of grace, bending into time and space.
Shedding his majesty, clothed in humanity,
Seeking humility for his resting place.
Refrain
Verse 2
Mary, then, with wondrous delight, bears within this child of light.
Joys in his growing, pleasure bestowing,
Love overflowing, bringing love to life.
Refrain
Verse 3
Lady Mary bears with joy sorrows of the heav’nly boy.
Weeps with his crying, sighs for his sighing,
Grieves for his dying, loveliness destroyed.
Refrain
Verse 3
We, like Lady Mary mild, bring to birth the holy child.
Greet with elation Lord of salvation.
Our recreation in this babe abides
Final refrain
Babe and boy, God and man.
All our joy, all our gain.
None so close to our hearts
Than the son of Lady Mary.
© Sandra Sears CSBC
Hi,
I just came across this website while browsing for hymns ideas for this week’s mass and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for this website. As I only knew a handful of AOV hymns this has opened up so many opportunities for our choir group to learn many more new hymns. There are so many beautiful Hymns here that we never dared to try. This will help our new guitarist to get more familiarise with church hymns as He is still new to this stuff. Thank you for your hardwork and dedication. GBU