Make What You Will of Martyrdom

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Make what you will of martyrdom, a mother
Opts for saintly sacrifice of self,
Taking for her centerpiece another,
Having crossed that great, unquiet gulf.
Each must choose to give herself away,
Redeemed alone by love each hard-earned day,
Sensing grace too beautiful to utter.

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Video Music: Concerto Grosso in G Minor 1. By Arcangelo Corelli.
Performed by the Advent Orchestra at The Free Music Archive
under an Attribution - Share Alike license.

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