{"id":729,"date":"2016-05-31T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=729"},"modified":"2018-12-03T13:56:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T19:56:34","slug":"magnificat-of-the-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/magnificat-of-the-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnificat of the Woman","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS
\nfor May 31st, 2016
\nFeast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
\nLiturgical texts\u00a0here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\"magnif4\"Visitation,\u00a0<\/em><\/span>by Franz Anton Pmaulbertsch (1724-1796)<\/span><\/p>\n

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WHEN<\/strong>\u00a0this\u00a0present and coming Trial\u00a0is over, a smaller but purified Church will emerge in a more purified world. There will rise from her soul a song of praise… the song of the Woman<\/em>,\u00a0who is a mirror and hope of the Church to come.<\/p>\n

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It is to her as Mother and Model that the Church must look in order to understand in its completeness the meaning of her own mission.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014POPE JOHN PAUL II,\u00a0Redemptoris Mater,\u00a0<\/em>n. 37<\/span><\/p>\n

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A new hymn I will sing to my God. (Judith 16:13)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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MAGNIFICAT OF THE WOMAN<\/p>\n

There will be an outpouring of the Holy Spirit, as in a Second Pentecost<\/em>, to renew the face of the earth, to set ablaze with Divine Love the hearts of the faithful remnant who will cry out:<\/p>\n

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My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord!\u00a0<\/em>(Today’s Gospel)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There will be great joy in the victory of Jesus over Satan who will have been chained for a “thousand years”:[1]<\/sup><\/a>symbolic of a “period”, not literal<\/span><\/span>