Commontide
Almighty God, by whose grace Elizabeth rejoiced with the blessed Virgin Mary and greeted her as the mother of the Lord: Look with favor on your lowly servants, that, with Mary, we may magnify your holy Name and rejoice to acclaim her Son as our Savior; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
BCP 2019, p. 628
Preface of the Presentation
Because in the mystery of the Word made flesh, you have caused a new light to shine in our hearts, to give the knowledge of your glory in the face of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
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A prayer for the feast of Mary's visit to Elizabeth, composed for the Church of England's Common Worship in the late 1990s or early 2000s and adopted with minor alteration by the ACNA in 2019. Every phrase is woven from Luke 1 and the Magnificat.