The Gift of Mary's Trials Lyrics

You were not spared from earth's trials

Though you did not choose sin

Delivered many times from evil

From the devil's grasping grip

You gave birth to God's son

In a cave dark and cold

Then you fled in the night

To escape Herod's sword

Returning as refugees to the very place

Israel, Israel prayed so hard to escape

How the fears tried to chain you

Enslave you to sin

But your family became holy

Not destroyed from within

You didn't run from your trials, Mary

You didn't push God away

You drew Jesus close

Knowing you need not escape

God is present with you

In all things

You were present to Him

When the time came for your family

To return to Nazareth

For thirty years you lived beneath

The humble veil of hiddenness

You were not swayed by worldly gain

What others do & do not see

The false consolation of admirers

You did not receive

You became a widow

When your earthly spouse had died

Remaining with your son

Until His hour had arrived

As you stood beneath the cross

His gaze fixed upon your face

Your soul gave birth to surrender

The self gift you always gave

You didn't run from your trials, Mary

You didn't push God away

You drew Jesus close

Knowing you need not escape

God is present with you

In all things

You were present to Him

Behold your mother

Holding Jesus lifeless in her arms

Pierced by a sword within the temple

Of her spotless heart

Woman, behold thy sons & daughters

Purchased by the blood

That flowed within your veins

To bear the flesh Christ bore

Upon the cross

You didn't run from your trials, Mary

You didn't push God away

You drew Jesus close

Knowing you need not escape

God is present with you in all things

You were present

God is present with you in all things

You were present to Him