Luke 1:46-55
What God Did for Mary (vv. 46-49)
- He has regarded her
- He has raised her
- He has refreshed her
What God Did for the World (vv. 50-53)
- He has been merciful
- He has been involved
- He has been just
- He has been gracious
What God Did for His People ( 54-55)
- He has remembered His people
- He has kept His Word
More to Consider
Wake up, O human being! For it was for you that God was made man. Rise up and realize it was all for you. Eternal death would have awaited you had He not been born in time. Never would you be freed from your sinful flesh had He not taken to Himself the likeness of sinful flesh. Everlasting would be your misery had He not performed this act of mercy. You would not have come to life again had He not come to die your death. You would have perished had He not come.
St. Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430)
Come, then, let us observe the Feast. Truly wondrous is the whole chronicle of the Nativity. For this day the ancient slavery is ended, the devil confounded, the demons take to flight, the power of death is broken, paradise is unlocked, the curse is taken away, sin is removed from us, error driven out, truth has been brought back, the speech of kindliness diffused, and spreads on every side, a heavenly way of life has been ‘in planted on the earth, angels communicate with men without fear, and men now hold speech with angels.
St. John Chrysostom (349 – 14 September 407)
You have only to read the Gospels, and to look with willing eyes, and you shall behold in Christ all that can possibly be seen of God. It is veiled in human flesh, as it must be; for the glory of God is not to be seen by us absolutely. It is toned down to these dim eyes of ours; but the Godhead is there, the perfect Godhead in union with the perfect manhood of Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom be glory forever and ever.
Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892)
On the seventh day was the consummation of nature, in Christ’s incarnation the consummation of grace, and at the end of the world will be the consummation of glory.
Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274
