Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette

Mary Gladly Told Her Cousin

IRBY (8.7.8.7.7.7) ("Once in Royal David's City")

Mary gladly told her cousin, "Praise the Lord! My spirit sings!"
Young and humble, she'd been chosen! God was surely changing things!
God of love, her words ring true As we sing her prayer to you:

"Now my soul is gladly singing At the greatness of the Lord.
I rejoice, for God is bringing His salvation to the world.
All who live will say I'm blest Even in my lowliness.

"God is mighty, just and holy, And he's done great things for me.
Those who fear him know the mercy That God gives us endlessly.
Mighty ones are brought down low; Lowly ones find blessings flow.

"God has filled the poor and hungry, And he's sent the rich away.
God is active here in history, In a real and wondrous way.
God has promised, and I'm blessed, For I know God's faithfulness."

Biblical Reference: Luke 1:39-56
Tune: Henry John Gauntlett, 1849 ("Once in Royal David's City")
Text: Copyright © 2009 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
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Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary edited by Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Cynthia L. Rigby
Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture by Jaroslav Pelikan is a wonderful church historian's thoughtful review of how Mary has been understood at different times and places.
Mary in the New Testament Top Catholic and Protestant biblical scholars jointly look at every biblical passage related to Mary, explaining different interpretations of the passage and the most plausible understanding of it.
Women in the New Testament: A Middle Eastern Cultural View (PDF file) by Kenneth E. Bailey (free online essay)
Women's Service in the Church: The Biblical Basis by N. T. Wright (free online essay)
The Women's Bible Commentary - expanded edition edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe
The IVP Women's Bible Commentary by Catherine Clark Kroeger and Mary J. Evans
The Women's Study Bible by Catherine Clark Kroeger and Mary J. Evans
Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament edited by Carol Meyers, Toni Craven and Ross Shepard Kraemer
When Women Were Priests: Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in the Rise of Christianity by Karen Jo Torjesen
Slavery, Sabbath, War, and Women: Case Issues in Biblical Interpretation by Willard M. Swartley
Women in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry by Stanley J. Grenz and Denise Muir Kjesbo

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