Exiles Set Free

Divinity His image makes
In union of one body, soul
And then, through Mary, image takes–
Unites with Him to make us whole.

For we have wandered far from home
In Eden’s East where exiles live
While longing for the place we’re from:
We yearn for Him to sin forgive.

Forbidden fruit did Adam taste
And severed bond ‘tween heaven, earth:
Decreed to us death as our fate;
Through us all earth now needs new birth.

When Spirit comes at Nazareth
To Virgin Mary, pure from Him,
She answers “Yes” to Spirit’s breath,
And He is born in Bethlehem. 

Now soul and body one, are healed
And we taste fruit of New Life Tree;
We eat His Body, Blood revealed
In Eucharist, and we’re set free. 

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