We sing stories of hope
Intro
Magnificat. The song the Virgin *Mary sings when visiting her relative Elizabeth (Lk 1:46–55), the first line being, “My soul magnifies [Lat. magnificat] the Lord.” The song is one of three *canticles in the first two chapters of the Gospel of Luke and is appropriate at *Evening Prayer (cf. prayer of Hannah, 1 Sam 2:1–10).
A song beginning “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel” (Lk 1:68–79), one of three Gospel *canticles found in the first two chapters of Luke. Appropriate at *Morning Prayer.
Morning Prayer spiritually follows the natural rhythm of the day as every morning is a reminder of the resurrection of Jesus (1 Clem. 24.1–3), and thus one faced *east during Morning Prayer in late antiquity. Traditional recitations for Morning Prayer include the *Venite and *Jubilate and the *canticles *Te Deum and *Benedictus