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Consider Mary's state of mind here in the words of the Magnificat.
Luke 1:46 And Mary said:
My soul magnifies the Lord,
47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
48 For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant;
For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.
49 For He who is mighty has done great things for me,
And holy is His name.
50 And His mercy is on those who fear Him
From generation to generation.
51 He has shown strength with His arm;
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52 He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
And exalted the lowly.
53 He has filled the hungry with good things,
And the rich He has sent away empty.
54 He has helped His servant Israel,
In remembrance of His mercy,
55 As He spoke to our fathers,
To Abraham and to his seed forever.
This is echoed later by her son James:
1:9 Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation,
10 but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower
of the field he will pass away.
11 For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat
than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful
appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.
And later,
James 4:6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
“God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
This is ordinary people facing difficult circumstances.
We recall that Mary came under intense scrutiny and hostility over her pregnancy.
The matter was clarified for Joseph, and he protected her against the social pressures she was under.
So we see people brought to a point of public humiliation crying out to God, and receiving grace.
No one knew this better than Paul! He endured endless trials.
2 Corinthians 7:
5 For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest,
but we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears.
6 Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast (tapeinos),
comforted us by the coming of Titus,
7 and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which
he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire,
your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.
Luke 1:46 And Mary said:
My soul magnifies the Lord,
47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
48 For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant;
For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.
49 For He who is mighty has done great things for me,
And holy is His name.
50 And His mercy is on those who fear Him
From generation to generation.
51 He has shown strength with His arm;
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52 He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
And exalted the lowly.
53 He has filled the hungry with good things,
And the rich He has sent away empty.
54 He has helped His servant Israel,
In remembrance of His mercy,
55 As He spoke to our fathers,
To Abraham and to his seed forever.
This is echoed later by her son James:
1:9 Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation,
10 but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower
of the field he will pass away.
11 For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat
than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful
appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.
And later,
James 4:6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
“God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
This is ordinary people facing difficult circumstances.
We recall that Mary came under intense scrutiny and hostility over her pregnancy.
The matter was clarified for Joseph, and he protected her against the social pressures she was under.
So we see people brought to a point of public humiliation crying out to God, and receiving grace.
No one knew this better than Paul! He endured endless trials.
2 Corinthians 7:
5 For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest,
but we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears.
6 Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast (tapeinos),
comforted us by the coming of Titus,
7 and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which
he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire,
your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.