1. The Song of Virgin Mary 3 rd Sunday of Kiahk

2. (St. Augustine)  Open up their eyes, O Lord, to behold You, and be amazed by the beauty of Your truth, to hasten to run and worship You.

3. A Song for Repentance  6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:  7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered;  8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.” Rom 4:6-8

4. A Song for Repentance  23 Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, 24 but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,  Rom 4:23,24

5. A Song for Repentance  48 For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.  50 And His mercy is on those who fear Him From generation to generation. Lk 1:48,50

6. A Song of Love  8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.  9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

7. A Song of Love  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. Lk 1:51,52

8. A song of Revelation  37 “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘ The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.’  44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, Acts 7: 37,44

9. (St. Gregory of Nyssa)  Faith consummates every gap in our knowledge, and grants us every thing unseen.

10. A song of Revelation  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. ” Lk 1:54,55

11. St Cyril of Jerusalem  Send forth His Holy Spirit upon the gifts lying before Him; that He [the Holy Spirit] may make the Bread the Body of Christ, and the Wine the Blood of Christ ; for whatsoever the Holy Ghost has touched, is surely sanctified and changed. Lecture 23