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Zacharias' Prophetic Song; Benedictus

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Luke 1:67-80

New King James Version (NKJV)

Bible commentary

Zacharias’ Prophecy

67 Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:

68 “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel,

For He has visited and redeemed His people, Zacharias teaches us how to speak about God when we experience relief from any affliction. Tell others how God came and helped you, even after nine months of discomfort. Sickness is the thing of this world and it will prevail in this life, healing is the doing of God. Our Master is the Health-Giver, he is the savior who listens to the cries of His children and heals them.

69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us

In the house of His servant David,

70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets,

Who have been since the world began, One true God in the Holy Trinity is real and personal, that He fulfills His prophecies and promises in the daily lives of ordinary people. It is important to study the Bible to experience and see the authentic actions of Our Heavenly Father that are identified as His doing, through The Holy Spirit in the Book of Truth; The Bible.

71 That we should be saved from our enemies

And from the hand of all who hate us, The All Powerful Creator cares when we are hated, and He is all the help we need. He provides help to us through other people, laws, natural phenomena. Sometimes God even uses animals to provide us with love, laughter and comfort.

72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers

And to remember His holy covenant,  We should trust the judgement of our Loving and righteous Lord, because He continually saves us and gives us good gifts, even thought we hurt Him by sin. He is merciful, forgiving, kind and just. All He does is good and correct, surpassing what or judgement can ever be.

73 The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:

74 To grant us that we, Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,

Might serve Him without fear, Are you afraid to pray publicly, before meals, at work, or at specific times? Are you ashamed or afraid to honor God in daily social situations? It is right to serve God without fear, diligently even when we may feel uncomfortable. We must put God first and humble ourselves knowing that humility is a virtue that The Lord rewards. Instead of shame, our frightfulness can be a light to others, as a testimony of hope beyond this world’s “here and now”. The ridicule and pain we experience for honoring God is religious persecution. It should be offered to God in unity with Christ, with endurance and even stronger faith.   

75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life. We should strive to be holly as representatives of Christ and as temples of God’s very Spirit. We can strive to rid ourselves from any vises, capital / grave / mortal / deadly sins and venial sins, receive the sacrament of reconciliation (Holy Confession) and the blessing of the Holy Eucharist to renew and enhance Christ’s presence in our beings. We should strive to develop the gifts of the Holy Spirit, to develop a character modeled on Jesus, and to live by the Seven Heavenly Virtues.

76 “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest;

For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

77 To give knowledge of salvation to His people By the remission of their sins,

78 Through the tender mercy of our God, We, likewise can prepare ourselves to receive Christ in the Eucharist by realizing the weight of our sins, taking responsibility for them in confession, turning away from everything associated with our sins and living for God.

With which the Dayspring from on high has visited[e] us;

79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,

To guide our feet into the way of peace.” Jesus is The Light of the World and He showed us exactly how live, step by step, in the Gospels.

80 So the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel. We must not neglect our spiritual development and we should nurture the souls of our children and their relationship to God.

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