The Magnificat, or song of Mary, can be found in Luke's Gospel Chapter 1 verses 46-55.
Joanna Forbes L'Estrange's setting of the Magnificat was commissioned by Ben Parry for King’s Voices, the mixed-voice chapel choir at King’s College.
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Modern Magnificat
My soul sings in gratitude.
I’m dancing in the mystery of God.
The light of the Holy One is within me
and I am blessed, so truly blessed.
This goes deeper than human thinking.
I am filled with awe
at Love whose only condition
is to be received.
The gift is not for the proud,
for they have no room for it.
The strong and self-sufficient ones
don’t have this awareness.
But those who know their emptiness
can rejoice in Love’s fullness.
It’s the Love that we are made for,
the reason for our being.
It fills our inmost heart space
and brings to birth in us, the Holy One.
from John Shelby Spong’s website “A New Christianity for A New World” 19 Dec 2007