Made New

The fires of Hell in us detest the splash
Of water from the Church’s holy fount
That washes fires away with all its ash–
Renews in us God’s laws from holy mount.

A second birth from Spirit’s seed’s conceived,
Birthed in the waters of Baptismal flood;
From Mary’s humble heart He then received
Our nature and from her, His human Blood.

He sheds that Blood for us on Calvary’s hill,
And Cross becomes the sign of our new life,
For on that Cross our sin in Adam killed,
And we are freed from Devil’s conjured strife.

His Blood in water cleanses and makes new
Our hearts with love from Trinity imbued.