The story of the birth of our Lord, meditating on the poverty to which He was born into. On the CD, WAIT WITH ME - click on the STORE link to purchase.
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Story behind the song
I was inspired by a reading in the book "To Our Priests" by Fr. Don Stefano Gobbi. In this book Mary speaks through locutions to Fr. Gobbi. In this particular locution, she spoke about the poverty that Jesus was born into - not just material poverty, but human poverty because there was no room for this baby or his parents at the inn, or in people's hearts.
Lyrics
The Promised Son
A cold, dark night, a glistening star
Shining bright from afar
Upon the man whose wife would soon
Bear a child from her womb
In poverty, in a manger stall
No one came to help at all
The cold, dark night felt colder still
From hearts so hard, and lack of good will
And here was born the promised Son
Jesus Christ, the Holy One
The pain was great, her labor long
She wondered how she could be strong
Yet in her heart she felt no fear
For the child would soon appear
Onto the straw which made his bed
His mother laid His precious head
The fragile babe was heard to cry
She held Him closely to her side
And here was born the promised Son
Jesus Christ, the Holy One
Glory to our God
For His Son has come down
Made the least of all
That the poor and just be found
The shepherds came there to adore
The tiny baby which she had bore
And three great kings did humbly kneel
Their wonder, they could not conceal
This tender child, the promised Son
Jesus Christ, the Holy One
