Luke 1:53 (WEB)
He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.
Catechism · 4
In the Fullness of Time
“That is why the Canticle of Mary,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 1:46-55.
The Way of Prayer
“In countless hymns and antiphons expressing this prayer, two movements usually alternate with one another: the first "magnifies" the Lord for the "great things" he did for his lowly servant and through her for all human beings” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 1:46-55.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
Against all human hope, God promises descendants to Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the Holy Spirit. In Abraham's progeny all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
“It is the thanksgiving of the whole People of God, and thus of the Church, which Mary in her canticle” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 1:46-55.
Fathers and councils · 7
Eusebius of Caesarea
“The hungry he hath filled with good things and the arms of the proud he hath broken.’” — editor's note: Luke i. 52, 53.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And again, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 6; Luke i. 53; 1 Sam. ii. 5.
Read the whole comment“…Him, recognized Him; that Zacharias, being filled with the Holy Ghost, said many things; that Mary herself received the Holy Ghost to conceive the Lord.” — editor's note: Luke i. 35–79.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For by his word and advice he opened the stores of those who possessed them, and so, according to the Scripture dealt food to the hungry, and satisfied the poor with bread, and fed them in the time of dearth, and filled the hungry souls with good things.” — editor's note: Ib. cvii. 9; S. Luke i. 53.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
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Because human prosperity seems to consist chiefly in the honours of the mighty and the abundance of their riches, after speaking of the casting down of the mighty, and the exalting of the humble, he goes on to tell…
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These words regulate our conduct even with respect to sensible things, teaching the uncertainty of all worldly possessions, which are as shortlived as the wave which is dashed about to and fro by the violence of the…
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They also who desire eternal life with their whole soul, as it were hungering after it, shall be filled when Christ shall appear in glory; but they who rejoice in earthly things, shall at the end be sent away emptied…
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Catechism §722.
Cited together in Catechism §722.