27 May 2012

We are still in the month of May-The month or Our Blessed Lady:

Great St. Bede Pray For Us

Prayer of St Bede the Venerable : 

I implore you, good Jesus, that as in your mercy you have given me to drink in with delight the words of your knowledge, so of your loving kindness you will also grant me one day to come to you, the fountain of all wisdom, and to stand for ever before your face.  Amen.

As today is the the Traditional Feast of St Bede The Venerable;unfortunately I  have not got a copy of the recording of  the Traditional hymn to St.Bede (From Jarrow's Tower). However, thanks to Catholic Truth Scotland, here is a recording of the Hymn to honour Our Blessed Lady, which  was sung during  the May processions in St.Bede's  Church Jarrow -(The Sun Is Shining Brightly)-the last verse is not sung on this recording for some reason and one word has been changed no doubt for the sake of  political correctness also!

 

  Here is another recording thanks to YouTube:

 

Here are the lyrics:
The sun is shining brightly
The trees are clothed with green
The beauteous bloom of flowers
On ev'ry side is seen
And all the world is gay
For 'tis the month of Mary
The lovely month of May

There's music in the heavens

For birds are singing there
And nature's songs and praises
Are sounding through the air
With joy we'll sing today
For 'tis the month of Mary
The lovely month of May

And when night closes o'er us

And twinkling stars appear
The chaste moon calmly reigneth
In skies so bright and clear
In heaven far away
There reigns o'er saints and angels
Our lovely Queen of May

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