Weep Not for Me, O Mother

Words: St. Cosmas of Maiuma
Music: Robert Loretz, adapted from a traditional Jewish melody
This hymn commerates Mary as the Woman who keeps hope alive over the course of Holy Saturday, as Jesus lies in the tomb before the resurrection. The melody is adapted from a traditional Jewish melody.

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