OUR LADY OF
BATIM
1.
Our Lady of Batim so pure and so fair,
O Mary we place ourselves under Your care;
Please lead us to Jesus Your Loving Son,
As we lay at Your feet when day is done.
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2.
Our lady of Batim Your children pray,
The Rosary beads all thru the day;
Be with us dear Mary along life’s way,
Protect and guide us, O Queen of the May.
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3.
O Mary we thank You for Goa You chose,
To be close to us, and listen to our
woes;
Gently You wipe the tears from our
eyes,
Now we will grow, day by day,
spiritually wise.
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4.
Mary our Mother we Thee implore,
O make us love Jesus, more and more,
Under Your mantel, enfold us and keep
Us safe from the foe who comes from the
deep.
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5.
The sun spinning high up in the sky,
Throw the colours of rainbow, that pleases
the eye,
Then showers of Graces on all us fall,
From heaven that opens, when to Thee we
call.
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6.
St Simon and St Jude this Church is blest,
Because Our dear Lady chose this place to
rest,
So pray for Thy children who climb up Thy
hill,
To seek Our Sweet Mother and do His will.
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7.
We shower Thee Our Mother with roses so white,
O purest of Lilies, please throw us Your
light,
The birds of the air, and fish of the sea,
The flowers in the gardens we all belong to
Thee.
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8.
O Queen of the Heavens O Mother of men,
O pray for Your children of Goa Amen;
And also Your loved ones who come from
afar,
To be on Your Hill, for a glorious hour.
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9.
Our Lady of Batim, we bring to Your feet,
Our Bishop our Priests and all those we
meet;
The ones gone astray and lost their way,
To Jesus to You and Heaven’s Gate.
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10.
You gave us Your Message let Penance be done,
And pray that all sinners may turn to Your
Son;
In death’s solemn moments, Our mother be
neigh,
As Children of Mary, in Thy arms we die.
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