Today is the feast day of Mary of Magdala, Myrrh-bearer and Apostle to the Apostles.
Song of Mary Magdalene
by Alexander McLachlan (1818-1896)
Weep not, though the Saviour
Has gone with the dead,
For the light and the glory
Still halo his head;
The sighs and the sorrows,
The stigmas, the stains:
The anguish is over,
The glory remains.
Weep not for the Saviour:
His sorrows are o'er,
And his love shall encircle
Our hearts evermore;
The rainbow of promise!
The star ever bright!
The compass to guide through
The perilous night!
The light of the temple!
The eye of the blind!
The food of the hungry!
The friend ever kind!
The well in the desert!
The shield from the blast!
The staff of the weary!
The refuge at last!
The sun of our glory!
The light of our eyes!
Weep not for the Saviour,
For he shall arise.
