{"id":652,"date":"2011-05-26T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/05\/marian-song.html"},"modified":"2016-03-25T15:55:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T20:55:43","slug":"marian-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2011\/05\/marian-song.html","title":{"rendered":"Marian Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Several months ago a parishioner made me a CD with several songs. I enjoyed all the songs, but had difficulty understanding the words of the song I liked best. I enjoyed its smooth, prayerful and almost angelic sound even though I could only catch a few phrases of the lyrics.<\/p>\n

After hearing the song for innumerable times, I deciphered enough text to search for the song online. To my surprise, the song was not sung by women but by an English boys choir called Libera. The song was called You Were There<\/span>.<\/p>\n

At first glance, the song describes the crucial and precious role a mother plays in the life of her child, but a second meaning emerges when the Latin phrase of the lyrics is translated. The song is transformed into a song about Our Heavenly Mother, the Virgin Mary. Ave, regina caelorum decora Virgo gloriosa, ave! Hail, Beautiful Queen of Heaven, Hail Glorious Virgin! Reading the lyrics with this second meaning in mind provides much for meditation. Suddenly the song describes the tender, motherly love Mary shows us all.<\/p>\n

Click here to listen to You Were There by Libera<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lyrics<\/p>\n

You were there<\/p>\n

In everything I knew<\/p>\n

From the moment I began<\/p>\n

Always there<\/p>\n

In every way I go<\/p>\n

Saved me falling<\/p>\n

Held my hand<\/p>\n

You are shelter from the storm<\/p>\n

The shadows fade away<\/p>\n

All cares pass away<\/p>\n

Hosanna, day by day<\/p>\n

Your love lightens up the sky<\/p>\n

As it shines across the night<\/p>\n

Ave, regina caelorum decora<\/p>\n

Virgo gloriosa, ave!<\/p>\n

And when the end of day is come<\/p>\n

Stay with me through the dark<\/p>\n

And bring me home<\/p>\n

You are there<\/p>\n

Whichever way I go<\/p>\n

Keep me safely night and day<\/p>\n

Always there<\/p>\n

Whenever I\u2019m alone<\/p>\n

Hear me calling<\/p>\n

Show the way<\/p>\n

You are shelter from the storm<\/p>\n

The shadows fade away<\/p>\n

All cares pass away<\/p>\n

Hosanna, day by day<\/p>\n

Your love lightens up the sky<\/p>\n

As it shines across the night<\/p>\n

Ave, regina caelorum decora<\/p>\n

Virgo gloriosa, ave!<\/p>\n

And when the end of day is come<\/p>\n

Stay with me through the dark<\/p>\n

And bring me home<\/p>\n

Stay with me through the dark<\/p>\n

And bring me home<\/p>\n

[Picture above: Our Lady of La Macarena, Seville, Spain, 2007]<\/p>\n

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