Praise We the Lord This Day

Verse 1

Praise we the Lord this day, This day so long foretold, Whose promise shone with cheering ray On waiting saints of old.

Verse 2

The prophet gave the sign For faithful folk to read: A virgin, born of David's line, Shall bear the promised seed.

Verse 3

Ask not how this should be, But worship and adore Like her whom God's own majesty Came down to shadow o'er.

Verse 4

She meekly bowed her head To hear the gracious word: Hail, Mary, pure and lowly maid, The favored of the Lord.

Verse 5

How blest shall be her name In all the Church on earth! Through her that wondrous myst'ry came, The incarnate Savior's birth.

Verse 6

Praise Christ, the Virgin's Son, Whom earth and heav'n adore, With Father, Spirit, Three in One Both now and evermore.