Tuesday -LUKE 1:46-56

One of the most beautiful prayers of praise to God can be found in the Magnificat. Mary knew very well of the fulfillment of God's promises to His people. She recounts the deliverance of the people in the Exodus and how the Lord takes care of the poor and destitute of society. This joyful cry to the Lord starts with our soul proclaiming the greatness of the Lord in everything. And our greatest joy is to see how God is faithful to us in our daily lives.
Mary’s Magnificat has been called the most revolutionary document in the world. Notice, however, that she did not say, “Let’s bring down the powerful…” but “God has brought down the powerful….” She is already celebrating the topsy-turvy logic of the Gospel.
Back before India won its independence, it was under British rule. Bishop William Temple of the Anglican Church warned his missionaries to India not to read the Magnificat in public. He feared that it would be so inflammatory that it might start a revolution!
Under the influence of the Holy Spirit, Elizabeth and Mary sensed that God has chosen them for special tasks and would do great things through their children. Mary was then given by the Holy Spirit insights far too profound for a simple teenager to originate. She declared the impact that her son would have upon the world. She announced three distinct revolutions- Spiritual,social and economic, which Jesus would instigate and activate. She spoke of these revolutions in the past tense, as if they had already happened. The world has been reeling ever since under the influence of our revolutionary Lord.
Mary is an image of the new community, the Church. That is a community where the logic of the Gospel is intended to hold sway: the first is the last, the weak is the strong, the greatest is the least, the poorest is the richest, the lowest is the highest.... But when we look at the Church – at ourselves – sadly, we see that we live mostly by straightforward logic: power and privilege, palaces, badges and titles of honour.... And if we wear such a badge we do not qualify for the title christian . Let’s ask Mary, the greatest revolutionary figure, to accomplish the revolution in our life, by bringing to birth the Savior who turned upside down all the logic of the day.