Mary Woman of the Promise

This is a hymn about Mary, the mother of Jesus and her promise of faithfulness.

It was written in 1988 by American Roman Catholic Dominican sister, university professor and theologian, Mary Frances Fleischaker OP (TBA) - aka Sr Mary Fran - for a Marian hymn competition sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing, Michigan, and The Hymn Society (ref). Later copyright was managed by Continuum International Publishing Group.

With meter 87 87, tunes it has been set include:

DRAKES BROUGHTON composed by English composer, Edward Elgar 1857–1934).
GRATIA PENA by Alfred V. Fedak - composed for the text in the original competition
PROMISE by Thomas Pavlechko
QUEM PASTORES - a 14th century carol.

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Examples

Singer with piano-led band, professional recording, tune

Singer with piano, tune GRATIA PENA

Small choir with organ, tune DRAKES BROUGHTON:

Singer with piano, tune QUEM PASTORES

Singer with acoustic guitar, tune DRAKES BROUGHTON:

Instrumental - piano:

Lyrics

The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:

1. Mary, woman of the promise ...

2. Mary, song of holy wisdom ...

3. Mary, morning star of justice ...

4. Mary, model of compassion ...

5. Mary, woman of the Gospel ...