The Infancy Narratives cont.
Mary’s Role
Words to Know
•	Doctrine
•	The revealed teaching of Christ which the Magisterium of the Church has declared Catholics are obliged to believe. 
•	Assumption
•	Mary’s being taken, body, and soul into heaven.
•	Immaculate Conception
•	The church teaching that Mary was free from original sin from the first moment of her life. 
•	Virgin Birth
•	The Catholic doctrine that Mary conceived and gave birth to Jesus solely through the power of the Holy Spirit

Titles of Mary:

•	All refer to the Mother of Christ
•	Some are based on miracles that occurred dealing with Mary appearing or interceding

Theotokos:
Means “God-bearer”
Refers to Mary as the Mother of God

Part 3: The Magnificat 
The Infancy Narratives contain three canticles:
•	What is a canticle?
•	A song

Quick Search
•	Look in the Infancy Narratives to try to find the three people who said these hymns of praise or “canticles”
•	Mary
•	Zechariah
•	Simeon
Mary’s Magnificat
•	Luke 1:46-55
•	Work in groups to reword the Magnificat into your own words or how you think Mary would have said it today. Be respectful and remember that Mary was the Mother of God and would not have said anything offensive.