Sing We of the Blessed Mother

Hymntune: Rustington
Gerre Hancock, Organist
Church of St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue
Sing we 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 suff'ring 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 manifest in wind and flame.
Sing the chiefest joy of Mary, when on earth her work was done,
And the Lord of all creation brought her to his heav'nly home:
Virgin Mother, Mary blessed, raised on high and crowned with grace,
May your Son, the world's redeemer, grant us all to see his face.

[@debstaton1022]

Beautiful Hymn

[@yhwh1948]

The 4th verse they sing is an altered verse in the Hymnal 1982. The last phrase is: "Where, raised high with saints and angels, in Jerusalem above, she beholds her Son and Savior reigning as the Lord of love."

[@emekahope4141]

very touching

[@alexkarimloo9813]

Lovely tune is it deerhurst?

[@contratromba858]

Alex Karimloo No, Rustington.

[@alexkarimloo9813]

Oh right it sounded like deerhurst

[@jeffreyaustin6225]

Another great tune by the great Charles Hubert Parry. Can be used to God is love and through thevnight of doubt and sorrow among others