Fr Greg points out that Mary proclaims the Lord’s justice in today’s gospel. Growing within her womb is the one who would fulfill God’s promise to Abraham and his children forever: The proud will be scattered and the mighty cast down; the lowly will be lifted up and the hungry fed with good things. When we lift up the oppressed around us we, too, become part of Mary’s song.
A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
RV 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB
Just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life.
1 COR 15:20-27
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord… [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.”
LK 1:39-56