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Opening
Take us back through Advent thus far
We’ve looked for the buds on the fig tree — we’ve seen the signs that the Messiah is coming, that justice is about to arrive, that the promised return from exile and despair is nearly here.
We’ve prepared to follow the coming Messiah by repenting — as we see the dawn from on high breaking forth, we turn towards it.
We turn away from all that would bind us or imprison us, all that would distract or discourage us.
We turn to God, turn into the way of Jesus, walking the path that the Spirit leads us on.
We’ve begun to change our practices and become more aligned to God’s way — we’ve asked “what shall we do” and we see that it is practical.
We are to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly, as the prophet Micah of old told the people.
How we live our lives changes and how we carry this hope of the Messiah in the world impacts all that we do.
Now, a song must rise.
Now, as we hear the final story of Advent this year, we find a model of gratitude and self-relinquishment in Mary that serves to fulfill the aching of hope that rests in us.
We, like Mary, are filled with the anticipation of the Christ child, like a pregnant woman, ready to give birth.
Scripture
Let’s hear the story of Mary and her cousin Elizabeth, their shared experience of God’s promise and the joy of the arrival of the Christ.
38 Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.”
Then the angel departed from her.
Mary Visits Elizabeth
39 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, 40 where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb.
And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 42 and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
43 And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? 44 For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy.
45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”
Mary’s Song of Praise
46 And Mary said,
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
50 His mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
51 He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
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