ROSE AND LILY

A Rose’s Bud is born in Bethlehem
From Lily who to Gabriel said “yes,”
And all are grafted to this Bud’s new stem
Who’s born this day to all creation bless.
His Rose, her Lily will forever be
Our Father’s Word and one who Him receives
For all who yearn to live in heaven free
From sin and lies of one comes to deceive.
Our “yes” joins hers who for us shows the way
To Him, the Way, who to the Father leads,
Who will through Son in us have final say,
As He in us will rise, who for us bleeds.
His Rose with Lily’s nature won’t stay dead;
With Rose’s blood at table we are fed.