Mary the new Hannah

Hannah

Mary

With grace

meaning of her name

is full of grace (RSVCE Lk 1:28)

Servant who found favour with God

to grant her petition for a son (1 Sam 1:18-20)

to conceive Jesus (Lk 1:30-33,38)

Miracle pregnancy

infertile (1 Sam 1:6,19-20)

a virgin (Lk 1:34-35)

Praised God in song

exalted God from her heart (1 Sam 2:1)

exalted by God (1 Sam 2:1,7-8)

rejoiced in God's salvation (1 Sam 2:1)

magnified God from her soul (Lk 1:46)

a humble servant exalted by God (Lk 1:48-49,52)

rejoiced in God her saviour (Lk 1:47)

Her boy child grew in stature and in favour with both God and man

in the tent of meeting (1 Sam 2:26)

in Nazerath (Lk 2:52)