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Giovanni Bellini, 1487 Detail of an altarpiece, oil on
panel
Gallerie dell' Accademia, Venice
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Maryology on The Web
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Position on the
Person and Work of the Virgin
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Mary's Magnificat And Mary said:
My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for
he has been mindful
of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has
done great things for me-- holy is his name.
His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.
He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who
are proud in their inmost thoughts.
He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the
humble.
He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away
empty.
He has helped his servant Israel,
remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever, even as
he said to our fathers.
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Luke 1:46-55
Et ait Maria:
Magnificat
anima mea Dominum;
Et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo,
Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae; ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent
omnes generationes.
Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen ejus,
Et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies timentibus eum.
Fecit potentiam brachio suo;
Dispersit superbos mente cordis sui.
Deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles.
Esurientes implevit bonis, et divites dimisit inanes.
Sucepit Israel, puerum suum, recordatus misericordiae suae,
Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, Abraham et semeni ejus in saecula. |
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About
Mary's Magnificat
The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes the Magnificat as "the
song both of the Mother of God and of the Church" [CCC 2619], and explains
the significance of her prayer in this passage.
Mary's prayer is revealed to us at the
dawning of the fullness of time. Before the Incarnation of the Son of God,
and before the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, her prayer cooperates in a
unique way with the Father's plan of loving kindness: at the Annunciation,
for Christ's conception; at Pentecost, for the formation of
the Church, His Body. In the faith of His humble handmaid, the Gift of God
found the acceptance He had awaited from the beginning of time. She whom
the Almighty made "full of grace" responds by offering her whole being:
"Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be [done] to me according to
Thy word". "Fiat": this is Christian prayer: to be wholly Gods'
because He is wholly ours. [CCC 2617]
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