A PARADISE WITHIN

Make us a paradise within
     That we may be sin-free;
Make Eden in us new again
     By You on New Life Tree.

May we eat fruit you offer us—
     Your Body and Your Blood—
To hearts in You place all their trust
     And stand where Mary stood.

May we with her on New Life gaze—
     See through to empty tomb—
And know from death you came to save
     Through Your birth from her womb.

We see New Eden made secure
     By love to us you give:
From Trinity comes our sin’s cure
     As with You we will live.