Poetry

One for children to memorize for the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary on September 12th.

Mary

What beauty and what meaning

Lies hidden in that name.

Though many times I hear it,

It never sounds the same.
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It often makes me think

Of the radiance on your face,

When the Angel Gabriel said,

"Hail Mary, full of grace."
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Or I see you smiling sweetly

At the crib where He was born,

And softly humming lullabies

On that first Christmas morn.
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Sometimes I seem to sense

The joy you must have felt,

When you were crowned in glory

As before your God you knelt.
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So, Mother dearest, pray for me

Lest from thy path I roam,

Keep me ever close to Jesus

And bring me safely home.

~ C. F. Fitzgerald