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, |
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