Sing Our Hearts Out

We light the candle of Love on this Fourth Sunday in Advent. Pastor Earl preaches and we will hear Mary’s Magnificat in the scripture reading.

“Mary’s song is a war chant, God’s battle song enmeshed in human history, the struggle to establish a world of egalitarian relationships” 

– Ivone Gebara and Maria Clara Bingemer
“Mary, Mother of God. Mother of the Poor”

“Like other great biblical prayers, Mary's song refuses to be relegated to the past. Entering into its cadences, the community at prayer identifies with Mary of Nazareth bearing the Messiah, pregnant with hope. We enter into her faith stance and relate to God along the lines of her witness. Time becomes permeable. Her passionate joy, protest, and hope flow through the centuries and become ours.” 

– Elizabeth A. Johnson
“Truly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints”