547. Is there a prayer of Mary in the Gospel?
(Comp 547) Along with the prayer of Mary at Cana in Galilee, the Gospel gives us
the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) which is the song both of the Mother of God and
of the Church, the joyous thanksgiving that rises from the hearts of the poor
because their hope is met by the fulfillment of the divine promises.
“In brief”
(CCC 2622) The prayers of the Virgin Mary, in her Fiat and
Magnificat, are characterized by the generous offering of her whole being in
faith.
To deepen and
explain
(CCC 2618) The Gospel reveals to us how Mary prays and
intercedes in faith. At Cana (Cf. Jn 2:1-12). The mother of Jesus asks her son
for the needs of a wedding feast; this is the sign of another feast - that of
the wedding of the Lamb where he gives his body and blood at the request of the
Church, his Bride. It is at the hour of the New Covenant, at the foot of the
cross (Cf. Jn 19:25-27), that Mary is heard as the Woman, the new Eve, the true
"Mother of all the living."
Reflection
(CCC 2619) That is why the Canticle of Mary (Cf. Lk
1:46-55), The Magnificat (Latin) or Megalynei (byzantine) is the song both
of the Mother of God and of the Church; the song of the Daughter of Zion and of
the new People of God; the song of thanksgiving for the fullness of graces
poured out in the economy of salvation and the song of the "poor"
whose hope is met by the fulfillment of the promises made to our ancestors,
"to Abraham and to his posterity for ever."
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