Down Syndrome & other gifts

GIFT

OF

THE

SIXTH

SORROW

Have you received

Christ's body dead

Like the sorrowful Mother

Who cradled His head?

Christ's body dead

Is the gift of a child

Deformed or sickly

Did you feel beguiled?

Christ's body dead

Is the gift of disease

Physical mental

Can't do as you please.

That's because Christ

Wants to be close

To you who accepts

The sixth sorrow's dose.

He chose you of hope

To cradle His head

For you know what is life

And what really is dead.

Climb Golgotha hill

For you can handle

So others can see

Your light like a candle,

That Christ is with you,

Before and behind,

And they'll follow your path

To the tomb quite resigned,

Where quietly gently,

All suffering will rest,

And your head will be cradled

At our Lady's breast.

Oh sons of sorrow

The gift - your breath,

You'll breathe at your birth

Due to Christ's body's death.