If the Gospel of Luke was a musical, Mary gets the opening number. It's not just that she gets the first long speech, but that what she says sets up all that is to come through Luke, Acts, and beyond. The Magnificat is all about God fulfilling God's grand promise to set things right, and she phrases it in the past tense. The show has started, and because it's started, we can be confident how it will end. Pastor Trey, Sister Brandy, Pastor Scott, and Stacy sing Mary's praises as the exemplar of our own faith.