Tune: Woodlands
('Tell out my soul')
Luke 1 v.41-45
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Mary arose, went into hill country
With haste, unto Judea, for to see
Her cousin Elisabeth, and her greet
And Zacharias, husband, too did meet
And when Elisabeth heard the greeting
Of Mary, it did great excitement bring
Her unborn babe in womb did joyful leap
John Baptist was he, shared in feelings deep
Elisabeth filled with the Spirit spake
With loud voice, proclamation she did make
Saying, Blessed are you among women, see
And blessed fruit of your womb shall ever be
And why is this to me, that the mother
Of my Lord should come to me? It be sure
That as soon as your greeting reached my ears
The babe leaped in my womb, thus joy appears
And blessed are you, Mary, who have believed
The promise from the Lord you have received
For there shall be a fulfilment, 'tis true
The Christ-child, Jesus, shall be born of you
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Author:
orchidee (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 10.10.10.10. It is for May 31, a 'lesser festival' remembering when Mary visited her cousin Elisabeth. The words in the video are what Mary spoke immediately after the verses in the poem - the Magnificat. its' ridiculous to say that life begins only when one is born. One is alive, even if unborn - as with John Baptist here.
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Comments8
Family troubles?
No - a family visit!
Oh better stay schtum then.... you know wot they say about families.... don't wash your dirty linen in public..... LOL
Doh! It's a VIRTUOUS visit!
Had to look up ‘virtuous’ as it wasn’t a quality I was particularly familiar with.
Seems the general consensus is that it means ‘having or exhibiting virtue’………. So please clarify which of those two alternatives you might have had in your head when you saw fit to straighten me out…………
I see \'virtue\' as meaning goodness, positivity, etc. Mary and Elisabeth both had, and both exhibited virtue, I would say.
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and daughters unto devils.
Forgive them Lord, for they know not what they do.
I sacrificed pork pies for Lent. lol.
Nice. . I have always wished that the Bible spent more time exploring the relationships of the sisters, Mary and Elizabeth so I think it’s fitting you brought them into your poem. It held my interest and you know how I am about religious things but man you’re consistent and I gotta give you prop.
Thanks B. The trouble is I insist on singing them too - who can bear that?! lol.
You got me laughing. Nice
Sometimes 'visitation' means a visit in judgement, in the sense of punishment - eek!
The 8th station?
We none of us really knows what goes on behind closed doors ..
I found this interesting O .. N
Thanks N.
Only one thing goes on behind our closed doors - botox requests! lol.
I enjoyed your hymn and the birth of a baby is always joyful. And of course there is life before birth. Happy Thursday Orchi.
Thanks Cassie. There's horrors of eugenics too - trying to get rid of 'lesser people', cruelly picking on those with special needs, etc, and unspeakable things from concentration camps in the war.
With me there's no life after me birth - not in me head, which may be empty often! lol.
Beauty.
Thanks T.
Here it is Corpus Christi today so this fits well. Good write Orchi
Thanks SB. Yes - it's not observed so much in the UK.
Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
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