Our Advent celebration comes to a close on Sunday, Dec. 21 with Luke’s Gospel account of the Annunciation. After the annunciation by the angel Gabriel, Mary proclaims her song of praise, the Magnificat canticle, “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,” which is actually found a few verses past today’s Gospel citation. Marian hymns are, thus, appropriate for today. During Communion this morning, we sang David Hurd’s tune Julion with the text “Ye who claim the faith of Jesus.” Hurd bea...
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