The Magnificat



The song of Mary is at once the most passionate, the wildest, one might even say the most revolutionary advent hymn ever sung. This is not the gentle, tender, dreamy Mary whom we sometimes see in paintingsā€¦ This song has none of the sweet, nostalgic, or even playful tones of some of our Christmas carols. It is instead a hard, strong, inexorable song about the power of God and the powerlessness of humankind.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer (advent, 1933)

Picture by Ben Wildflower 

https://peterkearney.bandcamp.com/track/14-the-magnificat-marys-song?fbclid=IwAR1S7CGlVCLZgUkwqeq5Vm0lmhVY6qJhHA8grF3k-IkQLx-gzEgRNXvGs7s


CHORUS: My soul is praising the Lord, yes!
And glad for all He is saving.
Because the Lord has remembered me -
Small as I am, poor as I am -
All people will call me blessed.

Adapted from Luke 1: 46-55

Full lyrics can be seen by following the link above.
And here is the link to see/ hear all songs posted so far: https://peterkearney.bandcamp.com/

RELATED RESOURCES for PURCHASE:
* The original version of this song is available on the Turn it All Around custom-CD: aradium.com/6b84i
* The version heard here is one of 18 tracks on my Christmas collection: How Far to Bethlehem?: newcart.website/3ezyk
* PDF MUSIC for this song is available: newcart.website/9e8cg

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