FAUSTI - MAGNIFICAT, with which the Church concludes Vespers every day, is the song of those who have experienced salvation "today". It is a song of praise, like that of Anna (1Sam 2), which sees the realization of the promise. It expresses the bliss of those who have recognized the action of God in his favor, bursting from the heart of those who have received his Lord. It is a personal hymn, universal and cosmic at the same time. Mary is the mouth of the daughter of Zion, of all humanity and of the whole creation that sees the promise of God fulfilled, greater than all fame (Ps 138:2). It is the New Song that burst forth from the new man. God's action culminates in the singing of man. For he who loves sings and love rests only when he is loved. The end of the whole story will be a song of endless joy. This song, anticipated by Mary, is the mature fruit of listening to faith, in which the meaning of creation and history is fully revealed. The Magnificat is a compendium of salvation history, which describes the action of God - the exact counterpoint of the human one - through a hundred quotations and biblical allusions. The first part is Mary's thanksgiving for what God has accomplished in her. The second part extends to all men the action that God has performed in Her, described in seven affirmations. The Song of Mary, occasioned by the beatitude proclaimed by Elizabeth, has the same melody as the Beatitudes (Lk 6, 20-26).
FAUSTI - MAGNIFICAT, with which the Church concludes Vespers every day, is the song of those who have experienced salvation "today". It is a song of praise, like that of Anna (1Sam 2), which sees the realization of the promise. It expresses the bliss of those who have recognized the action of God in his favor, bursting from the heart of those who have received his Lord.
RispondiEliminaIt is a personal hymn, universal and cosmic at the same time.
Mary is the mouth of the daughter of Zion, of all humanity and of the whole creation that sees the promise of God fulfilled, greater than all fame (Ps 138:2).
It is the New Song that burst forth from the new man.
God's action culminates in the singing of man. For he who loves sings and love rests only when he is loved.
The end of the whole story will be a song of endless joy.
This song, anticipated by Mary, is the mature fruit of listening to faith, in which the meaning of creation and history is fully revealed.
The Magnificat is a compendium of salvation history, which describes the action of God - the exact counterpoint of the human one - through a hundred quotations and biblical allusions.
The first part is Mary's thanksgiving for what God has accomplished in her.
The second part extends to all men the action that God has performed in Her, described in seven affirmations.
The Song of Mary, occasioned by the beatitude proclaimed by Elizabeth, has the same melody as the Beatitudes (Lk 6, 20-26).