During this Christmas season, it makes sense that we should follow Mary’s prophetic declaration, “all generations will call me blessed”, by praying her prayer, the Magnificat, and asking God to give us the same spirit of obedience she had.
December 22
The Magnificat
The Gospel we just read, the song of Mary, is called in the Jerome Biblical Commentary: “a ponderous piece of poetry with little originality or imagination.” I looked up how many times this ponderous piece of poetry called the Magnificat has been set to music in The
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