Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 51 hymnals Topics: Blessed Virgin Mary (also Mary, Mother of God) Lyrics: 1 Praise we the Lord this day,
This day so long foretold,
Whose promise shone with cheering ray
On waiting saints of old.
2 The Prophet gave the sign
For faithful folk to read;
A virgin, born of David's line
Shall bear the promised Seed.
3 Ask not how this should be,
But worship and adore
Like her whom God's own majesty
Came down to shadow o'er.
4 She meekly bowed her head
To hear the gracious word,
Mary, the pure and lowly maid,
The favored of the Lord.
5 Blessèd shall be her name
In all the Church on earth
Through whom that wondrous mercy came,
The incarnate Savior's birth.
6 O Christ, the Virgin's Son,
We praise you and adore,
You are with God the Father One
And Spirit evermore. Scripture: Matthew 1:23 Used With Tune: SWABIA Text Sources: Hymns for Festivals and Saints' Days, 1846
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