Q: I’m looking at the RCL for Advent III, which gives an option for the Psalm as the ‘Magnificat’ verses in Luke.
Can you bestow your knowledge upon me about why that would be given as an option?
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A: The annotated edition of the Revised Common Lectionary gives this explanation: “The option of the Magnificat (Song of Mary) as a response to the first reading is introduced in RCL, as found in Advent 3B of earlier Lutheran and Episcopal lectionaries.”