Tag: magnificat

  • 4th Sunday of Advent, 22nd December 2024

    Luke 1:39-56 Blessed are you among women 1:39In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, 1:40where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 1:41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 1:42and…

  • Third Sunday of Advent,17th December 2023

    N.B.  We have decided to focus this week on the Luke text suggested for Advent 3B as an alternative to the psalm, Luke 1:44b-55 (Mary’s Magnificat). The usual Gospel text for Advent 3B, John 1:6-8, 19-28, focuses, as did the Advent 2B text (Mark 1:1-8), on John the Baptist. Online resources for John 1 abound.…

  • Preaching Paths 17 December 2023

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary NOTE:  We have decided to focus this week on the Magnificat (Luke 1:44b-55), suggested for Advent 3B as an alternate to the psalm of the day. The usual Gospel text for Advent 3B (John 1:6-8, 19-28) focuses, as did last week’s text (Mark 1:1-8), on John the…