Our Mother’s Living Sacrifice

As living sacrifice to You,
     Our Mother gave herself.
The law of gift is born anew
     To show us human wealth–

A wealth in poverty is found
     In those with spirit’s poor
Who know their sin and death are bound
     This side of Eden’s door.

Another door is opened here
     In Mary’s Virgin womb,
Where faith casts out our death-caused fear
     That’s in Him raised from tomb–

A tomb made empty as He fills
     Our hearts with Mary’s love;
Her human nature He instills
     In us now ris’n above.

Her nature joins His, from her giv’n,
     The first of all us raised.
We’ll join them both in Eden’s heav’n:
     Our Savior, Mother praised!