Saint Anne’s Magnificat
Simon Gathercole, "The Apocryphal Gospels"
Devotional traditions of Saint Anne derive from the condemned "Proto-Gospel" (Protoevangelium) of James. In this work Saint Anne has a magnificat of her own:
I will sing a sacred song to the Lord my God
for he has visited me
and removed my enemies' insults from me.
The Lord my God has given me
the fruit of his righteousness
unique yet manifold before him.
Who is to declare to the sons of Reuben
that Anna is nursing a child?
Hear, hear, O twelve tribes of Israel -
that Anna is nursing a child!
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