We know her by her crown
with the serpent at her heel
Ave Maria
Before her we kneel
A mother full of mercy
preserves us from His wrath
at the hour of our judgement
at the hour of our death
But beyond her intercession
and her ever-flowing grace
She knows how it is to hurt
and for tears to paint a face
While many took the stake
with a final declaration
Her martyrdom began
at our Lord’s presentation
A suffering she endured
from the first sword of Simeon
A pain only amplified
by her immaculate conception
For us mere sinners
our pain tends to sting
But for the ever-sinless virgin
it was a greater suffering
From His birth to the passion
lamentations she had none
Her heart took the seven swords
in union with her Son
We know her by her crown
full of grace, gratia plena
We tend to forget our Holy Queen
knows what it means to suffer
So in the highest of our highs
and the lowest of our lows
Let us never fail to look
to our Lady of Sorrows