Mary's Song recognizes that God lifts up the lowly. This is what God has always done and what He will continue to do.

The hymn "What Child is This" makes clear what Christ came to do.

John directs his doubts to Jesus. Jesus directs Him to the Scripture. We are also directed to the Word of God.

There is joy in sharing God's blessings.

The unfolding of the cleansing of the lepers demonstrates Jesus' desire that all be cleansed.

We are called to use our blessing in the world, in the name of our Lord.

We find joy in the Giver not the gift.

God's great love is seen in that God not only calls us His children, but makes us His children for eternity.

To understand the reformation we need to understand what sin is. It is only in seeing sin that we see the true solution.