Mary Visits Elizabeth

Today's Reflections

          

Mary Visits Elizabeth 

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Lk 1:39-45

³⁹Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, ⁴⁰where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, ⁴²cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. ⁴³And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. ⁴⁵Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.”

Reflection:

The infant in my womb leaped for joy. The Lord Jesus and the good news are a treasure not only to be possessed but to be shared. Those who have truly received Jesus in faith know that he is for the life of the world, the world that needs him badly. So they go out to share to others the grace they have received.

 
We can see this in our Blessed Mother Mary. After she receives Jesus in her heart and in her womb, she travels in haste to a town of Judah, to visit her relative Elizabeth. She brings to Elizabeth and her son, John, not only the words of the good news but the Word made flesh in her womb. What a marvelous effect her visit produces! The Holy Spirit comes down upon Elizabeth at the sound of Mary’s voice. She is enlightened regarding Mary, whom she calls “the mother of my Lord”! She rejoices and so does John who is still in her womb.

Those who bear Jesus and the good news

bring grace and joy to people.