{"id":12406,"date":"2013-12-12T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T06:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=12406"},"modified":"2020-04-16T17:41:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T23:41:02","slug":"the-blessed-prophecy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-blessed-prophecy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blessed Prophecy","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS
\nfor December 12th, 2013
\nFeast of Our Lady of Guadalupe<\/p>\n

Liturgical texts here<\/em><\/a><\/span>
\n(Selected: Rev 11:19a, 12:1-6a, 10ab; Judith 13; Luke 1:39-47)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Jump for Joy<\/span><\/em>, by Corby Eisbacher<\/span><\/p>\n

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SOMETIMES <\/strong>when I’m speaking at conferences, I will look into the crowd and ask them, “Do you want to fulfill a 2000 year old prophecy, right here, right now?” The response is usually an excited yes!<\/em> Then I’d say, “Pray with me the words”:<\/p>\n

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Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus…<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With that then, we fulfilled the Word of God<\/em>. For Mary exclaims in her Magnificat, “Behold, from now on all ages will call me blessed<\/em>.” So, whenever we repeat her cousin Elizabeth’s words, “blessed are you among women”, we are fulfilling Mary’s prophecy that “all ages” will call her blessed. Many Catholics fulfill the “Blessed Prophecy” some 50 times a day with the Rosary! While many evangelical sects will have nothing to do with Mary, not so Martin Luther, the father of Protestantism.<\/p>\n

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No woman is like you. You are more than Eve or Sarah, blessed above all nobility, wisdom, and sanctity…. <\/strong>One should honor Mary as she herself wished and as she expressed it in the Magnificat. She praised God for his deeds. How then can we praise her? The true honor of Mary is the honor of God, the praise of God’s grace… Mary does not wish that we come to her, but through her to God. <\/strong> \u2014Martin Luther, Sermon, Feast of the Visitation, 1537; Explanation of the Magnificat, 1521)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Luther also acknowledged another prophetic aspect of Mary’s role that we see in today’s \"\" readings on this Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Her image miraculously appeared on the tilma [1]<\/sup><\/a>cloak<\/span><\/span>