No, Washington Post, The Virgin Mary Was Not A Socialist!

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No, Washington Post, The Virgin Mary Was Not A Socialist!
Jerry Bowyer
 
Posted: Dec 24, 2018 10:23 AM
 

Recently Acts of Faith, which is a religious news and opinion page run by the Washington Post, published an article which argued that evangelical Christians avoided the Magnificat (the poem/song uttered by the Virgin Mary during her visit to her cousin, Elizabeth) because it was 'revolutionary' and that conflicts with our conservative ideology.

Pretty much no actual evidence is mustered to show that evangelicals actually do avoid the Magnificat, nor that the Magnificat has a left tilt which clashes with conservative ideology, nor that this non-demonstrated aversion to its non-demonstrated leftist tilt occurs for reasons other than the obvious reason, which is evangelical reaction to Marian devotion by Roman Catholics.

https://finance.townhall.com/columnists/jerrybowyer/2018/12/24/no-washington-post-the-virgin-mary-was-not-a-socialist-n2538006

[Sanguine]

The Magnificat is in the lectionary for last Sunday.  (Anglican lectionary, I don't know about the Catholic one).

[And Mary said,

"My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;

for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.

His mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.

He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;

he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.

He has helped his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,

according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to his descendants forever."]