The Magnificat

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>>>This is the beautiful prayer from Mary as written in the Gospel of Luke. It is included in today's Gospel reading as we celebrate the Assumption. And it is prayed by the universal Church every day during evening prayer. My suggestion in the homily I deliver today is to pray this prayer this week and focus on the radical nature of the second half of this prayer. Radical in a good sense as Mary declares the proud will be scattered, the mighty cast from thrones, the rich sent away empty while the lowly are lifted and the hungry filled with good things. Radical!


The Prayer of Magnificat

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour
for he has looked with favor on his lowly
servant.

From this day all generations will call me blessed;
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.

He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation.

He has shown the strength of his arm;
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.

He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children for ever.
(Luke 1:46-55)