There are many hymns to Our Blessed Lady, the mother of Jesus Christ, who is God.
But which hymn do you think Our Lord Jesus Christ loves to hear? Which is Jesus favourite hymn to His Mother?
“I’ll Sing a Hymn to Mary, The Mother of My God”.
This beautiful hymn salutes Mary as the Mother of God. Which in turn, acknowledges that Jesus is God.
When we salute Mary as the mother of God, God recalls that moment when He deemed the time right to send His only Son to earth, to take His place among mankind.
A terrible moment, the thought of which all the world should tremble. For that moment would sign into judgement the fate of many.
As soon as the notes of this particular hymn wafts toward heaven, Jesus turns to the singer in a special way. For when Jesus hears His Mother’s name in song, he smiles fondly.
“I’ll sing a hymn to Mary,
The Mother of my God,
The Virgin of all Virgins,
Of David’s Royal blood.”
Here we sing of one of the attributes of God: Pure purity. All purity radiates from God. Virginal purity is a gift of God bestowed on every woman born.
The Mother of Jesus is in the blood line of King David. The Angel Gabriael told Her about Her Son:
“He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High; and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of David His father…”. (Luke 1:32)
“O teach me holy Mary a loving song to frame,”
When Jesus hears us ask His Mother to teach us, it reminds Him of how She taught Him so long ago in Nazareth. On Her knee, by Her side, walking to the village well. Going to market with His mother, she taught Him about His Jewish heritage. They were carefree days, loving days, surrounded by family, a huge family.
“When wicked men blaspheme thee,
I’ll love and bless thy name.”
To promise this is to reassure Jesus, that we will champion His Blessed Mother. In this modern era this line is especially important to God.
Even more important than our love for Our Lady this promise means we will stand firm in our Catholic Dogma. We will uphold the Church even when a ‘pope’ tries to blend the one true Catholic faith in the new “Chrislam”. Or even if a ‘pope’ should bring a statue of Martin Luther into the Vatican and fawn over it as the camera’s flash.
“O Lily of the Valley,
O Mystic Rose, what tree,
Or flower, e’en the fairest,
Is half so fair as thee?
When we call Our Lady a lily of the valley, or a mystic rose we are singing about Her humility, Her purity, Her kindness and Her love. These two flowers symbolize all this and yet we admit that beautiful as they are, they cannot compare with her beauty. .
When Jesus hears, that we shower is mother with the fairest flowers indeed He is happy.
“O noble Tower of David,
Of gold and ivory,
The Ark of God’s own promise,
The gate of heav’n to me.
To live and not to love thee,
Would fill my soul with shame,
When wicked men blaspheme thee
I’ll love and bless thy name.”
We acknowledge the Mother of Jesus as “the gate of heaven” to us. When these words reach heaven the Trinity becomes solemn. Even after the limitless graces that pour onto our world from the Crucifixion, still mankind ignors the seriousness of their sin.
It has now become imperative that Jesus sends His blessed Mother to beseech Catholics to turn away from sin. She becomes a gateway so to speak that filters us through to Jesus.
And of course the Mother of God is symbolically the gate to heaven in that Jesus came through Her to earth. She was the gateway between the two realms.
“To live and not to love thee”.
Would Jesus not say these very words Himself to His Blessed Mother. It is impossible for Jesus not to love this beautiful women so full of God’s grace that it became Her name.
The angel did not call Her Mary. He called Her “full of grace”. Not to love her would indeed be shameful.
When troubles dark afflict me,
In sorrow and in care,
Thy light doth ever guide me,
O beauteous Morning Star.
So I’ll be ever ready,
Thy goodly help to claim
When wicked men blaspheme thee,
To love and bless thy name.
Would you believe it? These lines: “When wicked men blaspheme thee, I’ll love and bless they name” have been removed from the ‘modern’ catholic hymnals. (Small ‘c’ catholic intended.)
