Dec/090
Mary’s Song
At Christmas I spoke on Mary’s Song in Luke’s Gospel. Mary’s Song is often to called the Magnificat because of how it’s translated in Latin and is a great passage. It teaches us a little about Mary and the kind of woman she was. I think the main thing we’re supposed to learn about Mary is that there’s nothing special about Mary. Mary is precisely the reason we should be excited when we read the Bible, because God uses ordinary people like us. Mary’s Song also teaches us a lot about God. In this wonderful song, three truths about God are bound together: his power, his holiness and his mercy. Miss out any one of the three or overemphasize one over the others and you distort the God of the Bible. The passage also teaches us even more about Jesus. Mary’s Song is embedded in biblical history. The God of Abraham is also the God of Mary and just as God made a covenant with Abraham that covenant was only possible through Jesus.
Here’s the talk:
[audio:http://media.feedyoursoul.s3.amazonaws.com/Advent4.mp3]
and here’s the Wordle:
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