Ad Jesum Per Mariam
Canada needs Our Lady more than ever before.
Even though these poems to our lady were composed
for the 1947 Marian Congress
they are still very relevant: maybe even more so.
Today, the Christian values on which Canada was founded
are under attack like never before.
We stretch our arms to you Dear Mother.
you are our Hope our Refuge and our Strength .
Only by you will come justice and Peace.
Mary, hear our pleading and come to our aid. Amen
Our Lady of Ottawa
composed by Henry J. Cromey, O.M.I.
for the 1947 Marian Congress
Lady of Lourdes and La Salette,
Fatima's Hope be with us yet.
Ours are the tears that Wars beget:
Lady of Ottawa, hear us!
Hushed now the conflict's mockeries;
Here is a nation on its knees.
Queen of the Ros'ry, heed our pleas:
Lady of Ottawa, help us!
Rescue all lands from tyrants' thrall;
Freedom and Peace for great and small;
Jesus the Saviour-King of all!
Lady of Ottawa, help us!
Notre-Dame d' Ottawa
composed by Soeur Paul-Emile, S.G.C.
for the 1947 Marian
En un Congrès pieux, LèEglise et la Patrie
Font de notre cité un Marial séjour.
Un centenaire aimé Mère tendre et Chérie,
Exalte tes bienfaits et ta gloire en ce jour.
O Reine de beauté; douce dame Marie,
Tu trônes dans la gloire et règnes dans l'amour.
Le foyer de chez-nous te contemple et te prie;
Par toi seule viendront: paix, justice et secours.
De l'éternal séjour comme autrefois sur terre,
Tu donnes ton beau Fils, ô bienheureux mystère!
Pour nourrir ici-bas l'esperance et la foi.
Chrètiens qui veut garder sans tache et sans souillure
La pureté du coeur, la volonté qui dure,
Tends les bras vers Marie: en Elle vit ton Roi.
