At this moment the political agenda of the United States is being set by the President’s embrace of the intelligence of the victim. This is precisely what Mary foresaw in her song of praise for God’s great acts of reversal in history, then and now. In the United States today, at a time of mourning, people of faith are encouraged by the President’s affirmation that with energy, goodwill and political commitment, a world of violence can be turned upside-down in favour of the lowly, the broken, the victims. Those who know The Magnificat will remember: God did just that for Mary: and so, He can do it for them.
– from my talk today, Mary's song of great reversal
