Throughout the year, every day, 24/7, all seasons, the "Magnificat" or Luke 1.46ff, is said or sung. It is Mary's exclamatory praises following the Annunciatory certainties made to her re: our Sovereign Redeemer, Final Prophet, High Priest, Savior and Lord. This has been burned into our minds by catechetical use through the days, months and years. This is Stanford's rendition in C-major. While many may not know this rendition, for many of us it is familiar. For those "saying" the Magnificat, rather than singing it, the Bible words are well known. Who says we are not Evangelical with words like these? Or, that we are not Catholic (= not Roman) when this has been said through centuries?
Enjoy Stanford, routinely sung in my home parish, Mariners Anglican, Detroit (1842-present).
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