Pauca Verba is Latin for A Few Words.

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Rejoice, O Mary!


Madonna and Child ~ Francesuccio Ghissi


Rejoice, O Mary, little girl dancing on the temple steps; delighting all of Israel, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, laughing with Gabriel, delighting in God's Nazareth-proposal, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, hurrying through the hill-country, announcing God's great marvel, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, John quickening in his mother's womb before your pregnant presence, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, welcoming shepherds to Bethlehem's cave, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, pondering the star and the gift-bearing magi, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, nursing your refugee-Child in Egypt, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, instructing Cana's waiters to follow the Lord's instructions, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, standing at Calvary ready to greet the Resurrection, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, whose maphorion  enfolds you in your Pentecost prayer, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Marywho did not abandon us in your summer-Assumption, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, warming the world with your smile at Lourdes, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, in the golden-mist atop Tepeyac's hill, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, remedy for our hardness of heart, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.

Rejoice, O Mary, like lilies and lavender, violets and iris, and incline your ear to all who run to you for help.