COMMUNION
By Caroline Giltinan
Mother Mary, thee I seeBringing Him, thy Babe, to me,Thou dost say, with trusting smile:“Hold Him, dear, a little while.”Mother Mary, pity me,For He struggles to be free!My heart, my arms—He finds defiled:I am unworthy of thy Child.Mary, Mother, charity!Bring thy Baby back to me!
Mother Mary, thee I seeBringing Him, thy Babe, to me,Thou dost say, with trusting smile:“Hold Him, dear, a little while.”Mother Mary, pity me,For He struggles to be free!My heart, my arms—He finds defiled:I am unworthy of thy Child.Mary, Mother, charity!Bring thy Baby back to me!
Mother Mary, thee I seeBringing Him, thy Babe, to me,Thou dost say, with trusting smile:“Hold Him, dear, a little while.”Mother Mary, pity me,For He struggles to be free!My heart, my arms—He finds defiled:I am unworthy of thy Child.Mary, Mother, charity!Bring thy Baby back to me!
Mother Mary, thee I see
Bringing Him, thy Babe, to me,
Thou dost say, with trusting smile:
“Hold Him, dear, a little while.”
Mother Mary, pity me,
For He struggles to be free!
My heart, my arms—He finds defiled:
I am unworthy of thy Child.
Mary, Mother, charity!
Bring thy Baby back to me!