Magnificat

At this point, we will sing the antiphon and go into the magnificat, which is the prayer of the blessed mother, when she was told that she would conceive Christ in her womb. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In Luke 1: 46-55, in what is known as the Magnificat, Mary responds to Gabriel's message by worshiping, not the angel, not the message, but the Author - God (which, by the way, "magnificat" means, to magnify God). ❋ Peter Beck (2009)

The prologue and 12 movements that make up Prophetiae Sibyllarum are joined by a mass, a magnificat and three marvellous motets, including the sumptuous "Tristis est anima mea". ❋ Unknown (2011)

We are in fact one of the very few places in the world where we have vespers with polyphonic hymn and magnificat settings. ❋ Catholic Mom Of 10 (2009)

Ai wuz berry breefly magnificat. just fur a fyew daiz. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I hope with all my heart,that there is a happy ending for this magnificat Kitteh. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Thank yoo again fur providing this magnificat playground fur us. ❋ Unknown (2008)

April 20, 2008 at 1:03 pm byootiful…Lazt stanza magnificat! ❋ Unknown (2008)

March 16, 2008 at 4:36 pm iz u teh famish “magnificat n D”? ❋ Unknown (2008)

January 9, 2008 at 8:56 am oooh, taht remyns me; Has Jessee, teh magnificat artister, been givn taht script for illustraytink? ❋ Unknown (2008)

(April 14, 2006 5: 06: 00 AM CDT) discovering universe wonder through your site, never stop to amaze me. those are magnificat findings! ❋ Unknown (2006)

She was at the source of things and dwelt beside the very springs of life, yet those deep wells from which she drew were of the wayside, though their waters were of eternal truth, her magnificat one of the certainties of every immortal being. ❋ Unknown (1924)

And the whole of her spirit rose in thankfulness to God, while her soul sang a glad magnificat. ❋ Elinor Glyn (1903)

In Puritan piety the sternest self-depreciation qualified every thought of the creature, while every allusion to the Creator was a magnificat. ❋ Theron Brown (1873)

Mother in adoration, her very face a magnificat -- praise, lowliness, confidence; next to her, Joseph, telling by his looks the wonderful story, deeply but simply. ❋ Sarah Tytler (1870)

The critic considered that the Latin was much in the style of the breviary; and, had it concluded with an _allelujah_, it would serve for an _anthem_ to the _magnificat_. ❋ Isaac Disraeli (1807)

It can be formulated in this prose thesis: May honors Mary because in May (spring) nature is happy being a mother just like Mary was happy being the mother of jesus when she sang her magnificat. ❋ Unknown (2010)

the words of Mary's magnificat spoken when she went to visit her cousin Elizabeth. ❋ Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur (2007)

Grace said her sister’s ecstatic letter announcing the birth was “like a magnificat of motherhood.” ❋ Hilary Spurling (2010)