December 23, 2007

• Fourth Sunday of Advent: The Magnificat

  

  
  

  

  And Mary said,
  
  Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word....

  ...And blessed is she that believed:
  for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
  

  And Mary said,

  My soul doth magnify the Lord,
  And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

  For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden:
  for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

  For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

  And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

  He hath shewed strength with his arm;
  he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

  He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

  He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

  He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
  As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

  And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

  Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

  Help me not to stagger at Your promise through unbelief, but to be strong in faith, giving You glory.

  Help me be fully persuaded that what You have promised, You are able also to perform.

  You quicken the dead and call those things which be not as though they are.

  May we be full of God's grace so we present ourselves as servants to You as Mary did: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word...."

  May we fully present our lives, our hearts, souls, minds and strength to You so that Christ might be fully formed in us.

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