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Day 3: The Great Reversal (Mary’s Hymn)

Reflection:

Christ’s coming is never what we expect. The Incarnation signifies the fulfillment of God’s promise to His people, but it was fulfilled in a unique way that many rejected. God didn’t come in awesome power and glory, but in the form of a slave (Phil:2:7); His power made perfect in weakness.

Mary’s song declares a world turned upside-down: the proud scattered, the lowly lifted. Advent invites us to imagine a world renewed by God's justice.

But just because things are upside-down doesn’t mean they no longer make sense or are irrational. In fact, Jesus’ coming does the opposite. We must remember that Christ came to save. As humans, we are fallen. We lost Eden. And this means that our world is already turned over! Jesus’ great reversal is actually flipping us back onto our feet, where we can stand again. The natural order of things, with all of its hierarchies and power structures, is not demolished, but it is inverted. Jesus takes our faulty reason and puts it back into order.

Even though we have forgotten the way the world should be, Mary reminds us that God has been “mindful” of our needs. He “looks upon” or “regards” our struggles and hopes. God’s upside down world is better than humankind’s right-side up thinking. The Magnificat underscores this divine attentiveness, reminding us that God's justice is not abstract, but deeply personal and rooted in His faithful remembrance.

In a world that often celebrates power, wealth, and status, God's act of remembrance shifts the focus to humility, compassion, and mercy.

Meditation:

What specific personal assumptions or lifestyle choices might be challenged by this “reversal” by Jesus?