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Our Lady As Reflected in the Magnificat, by Michael Pakaluk – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Our Lady As Reflected in the Magnificat, by Michael Pakaluk

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Virgin and Child, and Angels (Madonna of the Magnificat) by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1483 [Uffizi Gallery, Florence]

By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing, May 23, 2024

Michael Pakaluk, an Aristotle scholar and Ordinarius of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, is a professor in the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America. He lives in Hyattsville, MD with his wife Catherine, also a professor at the Busch School, and their eight children. His acclaimed book on the Gospel of Mark is The Memoirs of St Peter. …

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Reflect with me, in Mary’s month, on what we learn about Mary – her personality and her virtues – from the Magnificat.  I don’t mean what it says, so much as (i) the fact that we have it at all; (ii) the fact that she composed it; and (iii) what it does not say.

First, the fact that we have it at all. (Luke 1:46-55)  We take this for granted, but think carefully.  Luke probably wrote his Gospel in the late 50s, which means that Mary would have composed her hymn  60 years earlier or so.  Now imagine you are an old person in your 80s, and someone asks you to repeat something you said in your 20s.  Also, we have it only from Luke.  Mary’s hymn is not mentioned in any other Gospel or ancient source. Apparently, if Luke had not hunted it down, it would have been lost. …

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