O MARY, WHEN OUR GOD CHOSE YOU.
O Mary, when our God chose you to bring His only Son to birth,
A new creation made in you gave joy to all the earth.
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Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
A new creation made in you gave joy to all the earth.
When He was born on Christmas
Night and music made the rafters ring,
The stars were dancing with delight; now all God's children sing.
One winter's night,
A heap of straw becomes a place where ages meet,
When king's come knocking at the door, and kneeling at your feet.
In you, our God confounds the
Strong and makes the crippled dance with joy;
And to our barren world belong, His mother and her boy.
In empty streets and broken
Hearts you call to mind what He has done,
Where all His loving kindness starts in sending you a Son.
And, Mary, while we stand with you, may once again His Spirit come,
And all His people follow you to reach our Father's home.