Mary visits Elizabeth. If you missed my sermon blog from earlier in December when I preached on Mary visiting Elizabeth, feel free to go to this link: http://whatisrichardpreaching.blogspot.com/2014/12/reflections-on-tell-me-more-isaiah-40-1.html
This passage contains what is known as the Magnificat, or Mary's song of praise (1: 46-56).
1. Mary praises God for God's concern for the "lowly" and the way God has "scattered the proud" and "brought down the powerful."
2. Clearly a message of hope to those on the lower end of the power hierarchy, but how do we hear it from our place on the power hierarchy in which we have power and are not lowly?
3. Mary links her unborn child with Abraham and his descendants. God's Son whom she carries is not a new god on the scene, but the God of Abraham.
Thought for the day: What do you think Mary and Elizabeth talked about the most for the three months they were together?
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