⁴³And why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy! ⁴⁵And blessed is she who believed that there will be a fulfillment to what was spoken to her from the Lord!”

Mary’s Hymn of Praise to God

⁴⁶And Mary said,

“My soul exalts the Lord,

⁴⁷and my spirit has rejoiced greatly in God my Savior,

⁴⁸because he has looked upon the humble state of his female slave,

for behold, from now on all generations will consider me blessed,

⁴⁹because the Mighty One has done great things for me,

and holy is his name.

⁵⁰And his mercy is for generation after generation

to those who fear him.

⁵¹He has done a mighty deed with his arm;

he has dispersed the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

⁵²He has brought down rulers from their thrones,

and has exalted the lowly.

⁵³He has filled those who are hungry with good things,

and those who are rich he has sent away empty-handed.

⁵⁴He has helped Israel his servant,

remembering his mercy,

⁵⁵just as he spoke to our fathers,

to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”^k

Read in Logos

Luke 1:45: “And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”

Footnotes

kLiterally “for the age”