Last year, in following the passages for the fourth Sunday in Advent offered by the Revised Common Lectionary, I wrote about the scriptural resonances in the Annunciation—that scene when Mary is informed by an angel that she is pregnant and will bear a son (Luke 1:26–38). This is such a classic “Old Testament” scene. See … Continue reading Magnificat: the God of Mary (Luke 1) is the God of Hannah (1 Sam 2) (Advent 4C)