Luke 1:46-55  &  Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Mary receives the word from Gabriel that turns her world upside down.  This young girl (maybe not even a teenager yet) learns she is pregnant before she is married and that her son will be the long awaited anointed Son of God. She quickly leaves town and goes to her cousin Elizabeth whom the angel has also spoken of giving a miraculous birth in her barrenness.  Upon their meeting Mary receives the comfort and confirmation she needed and responds with a beautiful song...the Magnificat. Let us consider the words closely to understand just how monumental the gift of Jesus Christ was then and is now.