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Sunday Musings

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Sunday Musings

Waiting for joy and justice

Diana Butler Bass
Dec 11, 2022
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Today is the third Sunday of Advent. The lectionary gives the option to read the song of Mary, the Magnificat, in place of the Psalm. The text sounds forth an ancient vision of God’s dream of a world restored to justice — given voice by a young, pregnant Jewish teenager. Mary’s song (below) is in the form of a Canticle from the Book of Common Prayer.

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