WHAT MATTER THE ROAD IF HEAVEN BE AT END

One of the lovely older ladies, a regular parishioner at the Princess Alexandra Hospital worship centre, gave me a prayer card as a goodbye gift, written by her sister back when she was sixteen, which she won a competition with. I love it and thought I would share it with you all :-)

"THE WAY OF THE CROSS"

What matter the road if Heaven be at the end
What matter the road when round the farther bend
There shines a soft sweet glow of Heavenly light
Blest coming home from exile's painful night

What matter the road if Heaven be at the end
What matter the road, when Christ, our dearest friend
Waits at the gate to call us home from pain
And clasp us to His Sacred Heart again

Mary Our Mother, Queen of Heaven above
Fill thou our hearts with flames of purest love
Teach us to bear the crosses Christ may send
For they are the fairest gift of Him our Friend

What matter the labours, sorrows and the pain
We tread the path Christ trod yet once again
He will reward us when our life is done
And we shall enjoy repose when victory's won

What matter the thorns, the scorn, the loss
The path that leads to Heaven is the Cross
What matter the pains and the anguish He may send
What matter the road if Heaven be at the end

By Patricia Mary Martin