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...duchy of Mantua, for whom he was court composer. The Vespers is one of the daily hours of Roman Catholic worship, and Monteverdi's Vespers contains the texts of all of the essential prayers: the opening versicle and response, five psalms to the Virgin Mary, the hymn, and the Magnificat. Interwoven in these works is a collection of motets and an instrumental sonata...
...surprising that your otherwise comprehensive article on Mary [RELIGION, Dec. 23] failed to mention a central affirmation of Christian liturgy and belief for countless religious people, namely the Magnificat. To quote from Luke 1: "And Mary said ... For behold, henceforth, all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me ... He has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of low degree." In a world with a deep chasm between the rich and the poor, this biblical witness of Mary's song of praise becomes ever more important...
...Spectrum Singers perform Mozart's Coronation Mass and Schubert's Stabat Mater and Magnificat at the First Congregational Church, 11 Garden...
Others emphasize the political dimension. "Mary stood up for the poor and oppressed," says Sister Mary O'Driscoll, a professor at the Dominican order's Angelicum university in Rome. She and others point out that in the Magnificat (Luke 1), the pregnant Mary declared that God "has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of low degree; he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away...
...such insults to the Mother of Jesus Christ and mockery of the Holy Bible. It was our Poet, Longfellow, who wrote of Mary as "Mankind's solitary boast." Why would the people of Massachusetts allow this filth anytime, but especially now in the Christmas season? The author takes the Magnificat, the great prayer of Mary wherein She praises God: "My sould doth magnify the Lord. My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." etc. and has the film character, Mary, curse God, use obscenities, and reject her child...