This is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. We now have all four candles of our Advent wreath lit in anticipation of lighting the candle in the middle … the Christ candle … on Christmas Eve. And, on this Fourth Sunday of Advent we pay particular attention to the Magnificat … the Song of Mary. We first sang the Song of Mary as our Hymn of Praise; then we recited it as a canticle instead of reciting a Psalm; and then finally heard its origin in the reading from a portion the Gospel of Luke. There seems to be something about the Song of Mary on this Fourth Sunday of Advent … you would think that someone was trying to make a point.
