Living Monstrance

Created by the Little Brothers of St. Francis, Boston, MA.

There Is An Everlasting Home

There is an everlasting home where contrite souls may hide,

Where death and danger dare not come - the Savior’s Side.

It was a cleft of matchless love opened when He had died:

When mercy hailed on worlds above that wounded Side.

Hail, Rock of Ages, pierced for me, the grave of all my pride;

Hope, peace, and heaven are all in Thee, Thy sheltering Side.

There issued forth a double flood, the sin-atoning tide,

In streams of water and of blood from that dear Side.

There is the only fount of bliss, in joy and sorrow tried;

No refuge for the heart like this - a Savior’s Side.

Thither the Church, through all her days points as a faithful guide;

And celebrates with ceaseless praise that spear-pierced Side.

There is the golden gate of heaven, and entrance for the Bride,

Where the sweet crown of life is given through Jesus’ Side.