Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

“My soul declares that the Lord is great,
⁴⁷ my spirit exults in my savior, my God.
⁴⁸ He saw his servant-girl in her humility;
from now, I’ll be blessed by all peoples to come.
⁴⁹ The Powerful One, whose name is Holy,
has done great things for me, for me.
⁵⁰ His mercy extends from father to son,
from mother to daughter for those who fear him.
⁵¹ Powerful things he has done with his arm:
he routed the arrogant through their own cunning.
⁵² Down from their thrones he hurled the rulers,
up from the earth he raised the humble.
⁵³ The hungry he filled with the fat of the land,
but the rich he sent off with nothing to eat.
⁵⁴ He has rescued his servant, Israel his child,
because he remembered his mercy of old,
⁵⁵ just as he said to our long-ago ancestors—
Abraham and his descendants forever.”

⁶⁸ “Blessed be the Lord, Israel’s God!
He’s come to his people and bought them their freedom.
⁶⁹ He’s raised up a horn of salvation for us
in David’s house, the house of his servant,
⁷⁰ just as he promised, through the mouths of his prophets,
the holy ones, speaking from ages of old:
⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, rescue from hatred,
⁷² mercy to our ancestors, keeping his holy covenant.
⁷³ He swore an oath to Abraham our father,
⁷⁴ to give us deliverance from fear and from foes,
so we might worship him, ⁷⁵ holy and righteous
before his face to the end of our days.
⁷⁶ You, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest One,
You’ll go before the Lord, preparing his way,
⁷⁷ letting his people know of salvation,
through the forgiveness of all their sins.
⁷⁸ The heart of our God is full of mercy,
that’s why his daylight has dawned from on high,
⁷⁹ bringing light to the dark, as we sat in death’s shadow,
guiding our feet in the path of peace.”