Lord of Life and King of Glory

Lord of life and King of glo­ry

Who didst deign a child to be

Cradled on a mo­ther’s bo­som

Throned up­on a mo­ther’s knee:

For the child­ren Thou hast giv­en

We must an­swer un­to Thee!

Since the day the bless­èd mo­ther

Thee

the world’s Re­deem­er

bore

Thou hast crowned us with an hon­or

Women nev­er knew be­fore;

And that we may bear it meet­ly

We must seek Thine aid the more.

Grant us

then

pure hearts and pa­tient

That in all we do or say

Little souls our deeds may co­py

And be nev­er led as­tray;

Little feet our steps may fol­low

In a safe and nar­row way.

When our grow­ing sons and daugh­ters

Look on life with ea­ger eyes

Grant us then a deep­er in­sight

And new pow­ers of sac­ri­fice:

Hope to trust them

faith to guide them

Love that no­thing good de­nies.

May we keep our ho­ly call­ing

Stainless in its fair re­nown

That when all the work is ov­er

And we lay the bur­dens down

Then the child­ren Thou hast giv­en

Still may be our joy and crown.