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A MOTHER UNDERSTANDS by GEOFFREY ANKETELL STUDDERT-KENNEDY

First Line: DEAR LORD, I HOLD MY HAND TO TAKE
Last Line: THE MYSTERY OF THY PIERCED HANDS—THE BROKEN BREAD.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST = SUFFERING & SACRIFICE; MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS; MOTHERS; WOMEN - BIBLE; VIRGIN MARY;

Dear Lord, I hold my hand to take
Thy body broken once for me,
Accept the sacrifice I make,
My body, broken, Christ, for Thee.

His was my body, born of me,
Born of my bitter travail pain,
And it lies broken on the field,
Swept by the wind and the rain.

Surely a Mother understands Thy thorn-crowned head,
The mystery of Thy pierced hands—the Broken Bread.



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