Joy doesn’t wait for our struggles to be over. This Sunday, we dig into our Advent scriptures, drawing out Mary’s song: Mary “rejoices” in this iconic scripture passage during her pregnancy, a state of affairs that would have put her in a position of dishonor among her people. Instead, she sings out powerfully because she knows that this turn of events will usher in the Presence of justice for the oppressed and freedom for the captive. As we join in a prophetic chorus of joy together, we are more deeply bonded as a whole, multiplying and magnifying the exuberance to all.

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