Praise We the Lord This Day

Praise we the Lord this day

This day so long fore­told

Whose pro­mise shone with cheer­ing ray

On wait­ing saints of old.

The pro­phet gave the sign

For faith­ful men to read;

A vir­gin born of Da­vid’s line

Shall bear the pro­mised seed.

Ask not how this should be

But wor­ship and adore

Like her whom Heav’n’s ma­jes­ty

Came down to sha­dow o’er.

She meek­ly bowed her head

To hear the gra­cious word

Mary

the pure and low­ly maid

The fa­vored of the Lord.

Blessèd shall be her name

In all the Church on earth

Through whom that won­drous mer­cy came

The in­car­nate Sav­ior’s birth.

Jesus

the vir­gin’s son

We praise Thee and ad­ore

Who art with God the Fa­ther One

And Spir­it ev­er­more.