GCG
Mary Immaculate, star of the morning,
AD7
Chosen before the creation began,
GCG
Chosen to bring, for thy bridal adorning
CGD7G
Rescue to woman and rescue to man
DAEmAD
Bend from your throne at the voice of our crying.
AEmAD7
Look to this earth where your footsteps have trod
GCG
Stretch out your arms to us, living and dying,
CGDG
Mary Immaculate, Mother of God.
GCG
Here, in an orbit of shadow and sadness
AD7
Veiling thy splendour thy course thou hast run:
GCG
Now thou art throned in all glory and gladness,
CGD7G
Crowned by the hand of the Saviour and Son.
GCG
Sinners we honour thy sinless perfection;
AD7
Fallen and weak for thy pity we plead;
GCG
Grant us the shield of thy sovereign protection,
CGD7G
Measure thine aid by the depth of our need.
GCG
Frail is our nature, and strict our probation,
AD7
Watchful the foe that would lure us to wrong:
GCG
Succour our souls in the hour of temptation,
CGD7G
Mary Immaculate, tender and strong.
GCG
Bend from thy throne at the voice of our crying,
AD7
Bend to this earth which thy footsteps have trod:
GCG
Stretch out thine arms to us living and dying,
CGD7G
Mary Immaculate, Mother of God