Oh Heaven! Come Down
Oh Heaven! Come Down
by David B. Swanger
On this orb of dust, quaking and spinning:
Soul's place of test since from the beginning,
Oh Heaven! Come down to our dear St. Mary's
From holy celestial sanctuaries...
And raise us, lift us to holy communion
Grant us that bliss of mystical union
Lead us to peace with our adversaries-
Oh Heaven! Come down to our own St. Mary's.
Then leave us a measure of glory revealed,
The will to press onward to forge and to build
Our lives from a blending of future contraries...
Oh Heaven! Come down to our little St. Mary's.
