A
Poem A Sunday
Advent
IV – C
St. Luke
1:39-56 - NRSV
Mary Visits
Elizabeth
39 In
those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill
country, 40 where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted
Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped
in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 42 and
exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the
fruit of your womb. 43 And why has this happened to me, that the
mother of my Lord comes to me? 44 For as soon as I heard the sound of
your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And blessed is
she who believed that there would be[a] a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by
the Lord.”
Mary’s Song of
Praise
46 And
Mary[b] said,
“My
soul magnifies the Lord,
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
50 His mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
51 He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
53 he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.
54 He has helped his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,
55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
50 His mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
51 He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
53 he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.
54 He has helped his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,
55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”
56 And
Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.
Footnotes:
Poem
a Sunday
Advent
IV-C
Mother’s
Day
“The
hand that rocks the cradle
rules
the world.” William Ross
Wallace
It is mothers’
Sunday
and women
are central
to God’s
liberations.
Bookends:
young Mary/old
Elizabeth,
fertile
with children
and a manifesto
is sung
about the one
to be born.
It’s Elizabeth who
teaches
J. B.
and Mary who
teaches
Jesus
regarding God’s
reign:
when the powerful
are brought low
and the lowly
lifted…
the rich and
privileged
flee away empty.
All due to these
two
teaching their
children:
“Repent! The
Kingdom
of God is at hand.”
Blame or give
credit
to Mary &
Elizabeth
for this revolution
that still frightens
the powerful
and gives hope
to the
least of these.
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2018 @Kenn Storck
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be used with permission.
kennstorck@gmail.com
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