Ministry of Congregational Singing

She was so young, not yet mature,

an undistinguished youth;

yet from her mouth came poetry

with life-reversing truth.

“My soul is bursting!” she exclaimed.

“The Lord of heaven and earth

has looked with favor on a girl

of common, humble birth.”

She said, “The proud have had their day!

The mighty are undone.

The poor and hungry eat like kings.

The rich are on the run.”

They might have scoffed in her own day:

“Who cares what you believe?

You’re no one, just a troubled teen,

as mutable as Eve.”

Will we allow this youthful voice

to penetrate our core?

May Mary’s brilliant freedom song

inspire our faith to soar.