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MARY, AFTER GOD MIRACULOUSLY CONCEIVES JESUS IN HER WOMB (LUKE 1:35 - 38), RUSHES TO VISIT HER COUSIN ELIZABETH. WHEN ELIZABETH HEARS HER VOICE THE BABY IN HER WOMB, JOHN THE BAPTIST, LEAPS FOR JOY (V. 41)! MARY THEN BEGINS WHAT IS CALLED HER MAGNIFICAT, A SET OF 10 VERSES FOUND IN LUKE 1:46 TO 55. THESE VERSES ARE HER EXULTATION OF GOD FOR HIS MERCY AND LOVE BESTOWED UPON HER. SHE ALSO PRAISES THE ALMIGHTY FOR HIS MERCIES TOWARD ISRAEL AND FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF THE PROMISES MADE TO ABRAHAM. ONE REASON MARY'S MAGNIFICAT IS AMAZING IS BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS QUITE YOUNG AT THE TIME (POSSIBLY ONLY A FEW YEARS PAST PUBERTY), SHE REFERENCES OR ALLUDES TO MANY OLD TESTAMENT VERSES. * THE NAME * THE MAGNIFICAT TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE VULGATE BIBLE. THE VULGATE, CREATED AT THE BEHEST OF THE POPE, IS A LATE 4TH CENTURY A.D. TRANSLATION OF SCRIPTURE INTO LATIN. THE PERSON WHO DID THE ACTUAL TRANSLATION WORK WAS A THEOLOGIAN NAMED JEROME. THE WORD MAGNIFICAT IS THE FIRST WORD, IN LATIN, OF WHAT MARY BEGAN TO SPEAK TO ELIZABETH. ET AIT MARIA ("AND MARY SAID") MAGNIFICAT ANIMA MEA DOMINUM ("MY SOUL MAGNIFIES THE LORD") (LUKE 1:46, VULGATE). THE MAGNIFICAT IS ALSO CALLED THE CANTICLE (OR SONG) OF MARY. |
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