The Beatitude of Mary, the Mother of the Lord
Luke 1:46-55
And Mary said, My soul does magnify the Lord,…


These words contain at once —

(a)  A prophecy;

(b)  a command, because spoken in the fulness of inspiration;

(c)  a revelation. Why should all generations call her blessed?

I. THE FIRST BROAD AND GENERAL ANSWER IS THIS: She occupies in one — and that a subject of the highest importance — a unique position as the example.

1. There was a strong and vivid faith.

2. Humility.

3. The entire simplicity of self-surrender.

II. The fulfilment of this beatitude is to be found, above all, in THE DIGNITY OF HER OFFICE. Mary was called in the beginning of redemptive love to co-operate, by the grace that was given to her, in the effecting of the mystery of the Incarnation, which is the foundation-truth of Christianity.

III. She was THE MOTHER OF THE SON OF GOD. That strikes the keynote of the beatitude. Beautiful picture always — the mother and her child; and the great prototype is that heavenly vision — nay, that historical reality — Jesus and Mary. Nearness and devotion to Jesus were her beatitude, and may be ours.

(Canon Knox Little.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

WEB: Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.




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