Obedient Made

'The Holy Family', 1595, by El Greco (1541-1614), Hospital de Tavera, Toledo

​1. O blessed Light of Saints above,
The highest hope of mortals here,
Jesu, upon whose earliest hours
There smile the love of home most dear!
 
2. O Mary, rich in heavenly grace,
Thy Saviour hung at thy pure breast:
Fed by thy milk, warmed by thy kiss,
The infant Jesus found his rest:
 
3. And thou, the Virgin’s chosen guard,
Sprung from the ancient fathers’ line,
Whom by a father’s sweetest name
Thy Child doth call, the Seed divine:
 
4. Ye who of Jesse’s noble line
Were born, that every race and land
Might find salvation, hear our prayers
Who suppliant at your altars stand.

5. ’Tis eventide: the sun returns;
From earthly things his light departs.
Abiding here, to you we pour
Our prayers from out our inmost hearts.
 
6. Your earthly home with heavenly grace
And flowers of every virtue shone:
So may our lives and homes on earth
Express the image of your own.
 
7. Jesu, who wast obedient made
Unto thy parents, praise to thee:
Like glory to the Father be,
And Holy Ghost eternally. Amen.

The English Catholic Hymn Book no.813