“Our Lady of Solace” was written and composed on December 6th, 2003 by music director Robert Weigel for our parish. Inspired by the beautiful shrine statue and a patchwork tapestry of Our Lady’s image that had hung behind the main altar during Ordinary Time, it offers a fervent prayer for the poor, lonely and needy in our world today. Its second stanza offers a prayer for our parish, its needs, and what it can bring to all in its ministry.
Introduced to our parish on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, December 8th, 2003, “Our Lady of Solace”has become a regular part of our sacred music repertoire and is often sung during the month of May and all Marian feasts to honor and petition the Blessed Mother under one of her most beautiful and moving title and throughout Ordinary Time, as well.
In 2005, “Our Lady of Solace” was translated into Spanish under the title “Nuestra Señora de Consuelo”by Erick Martinez, thus providing our Spanish-speaking parishioners the opportunity to share the prayer and hymn in the language of their original native lands.