Blessed Are You Among Women!
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English - December 04, 2022 18:00 - 28 minutes - 15.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChristianity Religion & Spirituality queer church progressive christian sermon preach Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Elizabeth exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.” Who was the blessed woman, and what does it mean to be blessed in the first place? Dustin is an emerging Mariologist, and he walks us through the unfamiliar early life of Mary before Jesus as he explores what it means to be beloved and blessed by God, and the way he sees the SMC community fulfilling that blessing.
Sermon begins at minute marker 4:53
Genesis 17.15-22; Luke 1.39-45
Photo from The Church Council of Greater Seattle
Hymn: Voices Together 216, Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming. Lyrics: stanzas 1–2 anon., “Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen,” (present-day Germany), 15th c.; Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengasäng, 1599; trans. Theodore Baker (USA), 1894; stanza 3 Friedrich Layritz (Germany), Liederschatz, 1832; trans. Harriet K. Spaeth (USA), The Hymnal, 1940, alt. Music: German traditional, 15th c.; Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengasäng, 1599; harm. Michael Praetorius (Germany), Musae Sionae VI, 1609 Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.
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This sermon was written for Seattle Mennonite Church as the second in a 12-week exploration of the Journey of Mary through messages and messengers that began on the first Sunday of Advent and lasted until Lent.