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My soul magnifies our God
In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leapt for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.’ And Mary said,
My soul magnifies my God!
My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior
whose glance has rested on me,
a poor and humble servant.From this day forth
all shall speak of me as blessed.The Almighty has done wondrous deeds for me.
May the name of the Most High be praised.God’s mercy reaches out from age to age,
touching all the faithful.The proud have lost their thrones
while God’s hand has raised up the lowly.The hungry are filled with all god
while the rich go away empty-handed.Ever present to our God
are the promises made to our ancestors:
To Abraham, Sarah, and their descendants, mercy forever! (Luke 1:39-55)
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Great minds must be thinking alike, I posted something on the Magnificat myself recently. I LOVE this prayer. What a beautful and gentle reminder of love and faith and trust in God!
The typo is wonderful! Was it deliberate? Of course it’s true, the lowly ARE filled with all God, who is all good.
The Magnificat is one of my favorite passages in the Holy Bible. It defines joy.
The preface is the strongest case for proclaiming the pro-life cause, with joy, that I’ve ever read. In another translation it states that Elizabeth was six months pregnant when pre-birth John leapt in her womb for the first time. Any mother knows that babies are felt in the womb way before six months. Elizabeth must have believed the child in her womb was dead. Also when you first feel your baby move it is just a little flutter, not a leap. So when little John leapt, Elizabeth must have been doubly filled with Joy with the knowledge the her child was alive.
Praise to the Creator of all Joy.
Very good, Julia! It was indeed a typo. O happy fault!
Mary is telling us how God can work through us just by being ourselves….we can magnify God. She was the first to tell us this… I still find that revolutionary.
The Song of Mary is a great contemplative prayer, useful in many aspects of our daily lives and also during interaction with others.
We got a new Celtic illustrated Bible in college yesterday and we were just putting it out on display when it landed on the Magnificat…. Thats great even oceans apart we still were all touched by this song of praise!