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Untie the Knots
03:45
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O the silver cords
Are tangled at our feet
And the threads of life
Have twisted in defeat.
Mother of Mercy,
Untie the knots.
Mother of God,
Untangle us.
We beseech thee,
Holy Queen,
Untie the knots.
We are poor children
Sending up our sighs.
In this vale of tears,
To heaven do we cry
O the world it seems
Tumbled upside-down,
And in this exile,
It feels like we are bound.
Mother of Mercy,
Untie the knots.
Mother of God,
Untangle us.
We beseech thee,
Holy Queen,
Untie the knots.
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Let My Heart Be Burned
03:24
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If your heart is flame,
Then let my heart be burned.
If your heart is pierced,
Then let my heart leak blood.
If your crown is light,
Then let it shine on me –
And the shadows cast
Like evil behind me.
O Mother please
Hold me in your heart.
O Mother please
Hold me in your prayers.
If your son shows wounds
From spear and spike and thorn,
Let me share the pain
That He bore on that morn.
And your holy feet
Crush serpent under heel,
But the venomed fang
Thou shalt never feel.
O Mother please
Hold me in your heart.
O Mother please
Hold me in your prayers.
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Redemption
03:43
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Red Gems
03:41
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O the twisted crown of thorns,
Braided on that Friday morn,
And placed upon Thy sinless head,
Bears the precious jewels of red.
O Son of God, those ruby gems
Adorned Thy thorny diadem,
And like crimson rivers ran
From Thy head, O Son of Man.
They thought to mock Thee, Holy King,
With crown of thorn and staff of reed.
They did not have eyes to see:
Thy brow did give that crown glory.
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Lady of Tears
01:17
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O Lady of Tears,
Look with motherly goodness
On the sorrow of the world!
Dry the tears of the suffering,
Of the forgotten, of the desperate,
And the victims of every violence.
Make everyone weep tears of repentence
And of new life,
Which will open their hearts
To the regenerating gift
Of God's love.
Make them weep tears of joy
For having seen
The profound tenderness
Of your heart.
Amen.
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God-Bearer
04:00
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Under Your mercy,
We take refuge,
Mother of God.
Do not despise our prayers,
But from danger deliver us,
Only pure, only blessed one.
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Forest Beggars
The Forest Beggars are an anonymous group creating Catholic devotional music. If you recognize our voices or playing from
elsewhere, that is fine...however, our goal is to let this project be about music and art, not about the individuals.
Profits will be donated to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, the Fairfield Carmelites, and/or other Catholic charitable causes.
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