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Unless Jesus returns before: December 20, 2009
3rd Sunday of Advent
 

The Visitation

"And she spake out with a loud voice, and said,
Blessed art thou among women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb."  Luke 1:42

 

Fourth Sunday of Advent
  Angel's Candle for Love (and Peace) 
Ephesians 3:14-21 or Isaiah 9:6-7
Reading
Common
Catholic
Episcopal

Br. Bill's Talking Points
First
Micah 5:2-5a
Micah 5:1-4
Micah 5:2-4

Christmas Presence

1. Blessed:  We are recipients and also channels of blessings.

2. Gift:  Blessings are gifts shared among friends, family, and community.

3. Presence:  The living presence of Christ in us generates blessings for ourselves and each other.
Second
Hebrews 10:5-10
Hebrews 10:5-10
Hebrews 10:5-10
Psalm
Luke 1:47-55
80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
80 or 80:1-7
Gospel
Luke 1:39-45
Luke 1:39-45
Luke 1:39-49(50-56)


 

 

Quotes & Notes on:     Luke 1:42  

 

 

Strictly speaking the blessedness spoken of in this verse refers to the “good words of praise and thanksgiving” with which Mary would be honored by succeeding generations, and the even greater such praise to be rendered to the fruit of her womb, Jesus.  In a more general sense, blessedness refers to the sublime state of happiness.  Blessings are imparted and received.  God blesses people.  People bless God and each other.  We receive or reject the blessings being offered, either from God or from others, just as we choose to be a channel of blessing to God and to others.

 

When Mary visited Elizabeth, they blessed each other because of who was inside them.  Mary was blessed by Elizabeth, but even more blessed because Jesus was inside her, which was a blessing that extended to Elizabeth and to John, who was in her.  They were blessed by the physical presence dwelling within themselves and each other.  We are blessed by the spiritual presence within ourselves and each other.  The greatest blessing comes from the presence of Christ living in our hearts.    - Br. Bill

 

  • John Wesley,  Notes On the New Testament (1755):
     The discourse with which she saluted her, giving an account of what the angel had said, the joy of her soul so affected her body, that the very child in her womb was moved in an uncommon manner, as if it leaped for joy.
     

  • Reginald Fuller's Preaching the Lectionary (1984): 
    Three times in this pericope Mary is pronounced "blessed" (see also the second verse of the Magnificat;  this is the scriptural ground for our calling her the "Blessed Virgin").  Two closely connected reasons are given for Elizabeth's calling her "blessed":  Mary's faith (v. 45), which is the same as her obedience (Luke 1:38, the alleluia versicle), and her bearing of the Christ child (v.42).  So Mary is blessed, not for what she was or is in herself, but only in relation to the incarnation.  The Mariology of Scripture is grounded in Christology.
     

  • William Baird, Interpreter's Commentary, 1971:
     Elizabeth's exclamation is inspired.  She blesses Mary and tells of the action of the fetus within her.  Most of all, she calls Mary the "mother of my Lord," giving to Jesus the title typical of early Christian adoration.
     

  • J. McNicol, The New Bible Commentary, 1954:

     Elisabeth greeted [Mary] with an inspired salutation of intense feeling.
     

  • I.H. Marshall, The New Bible Commentary, 1970:

     Elizabeth's sentiments are fully expressed.
     

  • David Guzik, Study Guide for Luke
    John the Baptist had not yet been born, and Zacharias was still mute. Yet Elizabeth believes the word of the Lord given to her husband Zacharias when he was in the temple. In the temple, Gabriel told him that their promised son would make ready a people prepared for the Lord (Luke 1:17). Elizabeth believed it, and believed that the baby in Mary’s womb was the Lord who Elizabeth’s son would prepare the way for (the mother of my Lord). This faith was in Elizabeth because she was filled with the Holy Spirit..
     

  • Chuck Smith, Study Guide for Luke:
    (No comment on this verse).
     

  • Catechism of the Catholic Church:
    After the angel's greeting, we make Elizabeth's greeting our own.  "Filled with the Holy Spirit," Elizabeth is the first in the long succession of generations who have called Mary "blessed."  "Blessed is she who believed... "  Mary is "blessed among women" because she believed in the fulfillment of the Lord's word.  Abraham, because of his faith, became a blessing for all the nations of the earth.  Mary, because of her faith, became the mother of believers, through whom all nations of the earth receive him who is God's own blessing: Jesus, the "fruit of thy womb."  (2676)
     

  • J. Norval Geldenhuys, Bible Expositor, 1960:

    When Elizabeth greeted and blessed Mary, she was so inspired in her utterances that we cannot but regard them as a song.  She was thus the first singer at the dawn of the new era.
     

  • Abingdon Bible Commentary (1929):

    One of the characteristic marks of Luke's Gospel is its emphasis on praise, and this note pervades the birth-story.  In addition to the Magnificat and the Benedictus, we have the angel's song, while the sheperds, Simeon, and Anna join in the chorus.
     

  • D.D. Whedon, Commentary on Luke, 1866:

    It would seem that the pure and blessed Spirit rested divinely upon the person of the future mother of the Messiah;  and her voice became, as it were, the conductor by the blessed sympathy of that spirit to the body, soul, and spirit of the future mother of the Baptist.  Hence the words that Elisabeth now uttered were impregnated with inspiration, and she was enabled to address Mary with prophetic words.
     

  • Joseph Parker, People's Bible, 1901:

    (No comment on this verse).
     

  • The Fourfold Gospel:

    And she lifted up her voice with a loud cry. Indicating intense, ecstatic joy. What joy must have filled the hearts of these two women as they realized that one was to be the mother of the long-expected Messiah, and the other of his Elijah-like forerunner!

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:

    * Blessed art. Lu 1:28,48; Jg 5:24
    * blessed is. Lu 19:38; Ge 22:18; Ps 21:6; 45:2; 72:17-19; Ac 2:26-28; Ro 9:5 Heb 12:2
     

  • Robertson's Word Pictures:
    With a loud cry (kraugêi megalêi). A moment of ecstatic excitement. Blessed art thou (eulogêmenê). Perfect passive participle. A Hebraistic equivalent for the superlative.
     

  • William Burkitt's Notes:

    (No comment on this verse).
     

  • Family Bible Notes:

    (No comment on this verse).
     

  • 1599 Geneva Bible Notes:
     Christ is blessed with respect to his humanity.
     

  • People's New Testament Commentary:

    The language of Elisabeth, Oriental poetry, is that of an inspired prophet.
     

  • Albert Barnes' Commentary:

      She here repeated nearly the words of the angel to Mary, esteeming it to be the highest honour among mothers to be the mother of the Messiah.
     

  • Jamieson-Faussett Brown:

    What beautiful superiority to envy have we here! High as was the distinction conferred upon herself, Elisabeth loses sight of it altogether, in presence of one more honored still; upon whom, with her unborn Babe, in an ecstasy of inspiration, she pronounces a benediction, feeling it to be a wonder unaccountable that "the mother of her Lord should come to her." "Turn this as we will, we shall never be able to see the propriety of calling an unborn child "Lord," but by supposing Elisabeth, like the prophets of old, enlightened to perceive the Messiah's Divine nature" [OLSHAUSEN].
     

  • Spurgeon Devotional Commentary:

     (No comment on this verse).
     

  • Adam Clarke's Commentary:

     Repeating the words of the angel, Lu 1:28, of which she had probably been informed by the holy virgin, in the present interview.
     

  • Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary:

    To be posted.

     

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