Voices Found:A ballad for Mary VF #4

 

                                                                                    

Voices Found #4

Mary heard the angel's message, Verses 1 and 2

Mary heard the angel's message:

"Greetings, Mary, favored one.

Do not fear, for God is with you; you will one day bear God's son."

Filled with questions, filled with wonder,

she proclaimed her faith in God: "May it be as you have spoken;

I'm the servant of the Lord!"

When she heard her cousin's greeting,

Mary's heart was filled with joy,

so she sang of God's great blessing

promised in her baby boy:

"God has looked on me with favor,

so I sing this song of praise.

God has worked, the proud to scatter;

humble hungry ones to raise."

Words: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette

Music: Ecce Deus, Alfred V. Fedak

"Mary heard the angels message"is a ballad in five verses that tells of Mary's journey from Annunciation through Easter. It is a simple song,    easy to learn. As a traditional ballad,  the text tells a story of love and tragedy, birth and death.   The first two verses sing of the Angels's message and Elizabeth's welcome.  Children could dramatize the story as a pageant, while a group or soloist sings the melody. A music student could could be involved to play the tune on a melody instrument.  The first two verses  are appropriate for Advent.  The full text could be sung for celebrations of Mary, or during Lent to bring the nativity together with the Passion and Resurrection.

All five verses are published in Voices Found with  more information and performance suggestions.

https://www.churchpublishing.org/products/voicesfound2