This has got to be one of my absolute favorite stories in the Bible. (I have to shamefully admit that I liked it in the past merely because it had a female protagonist!)
I had a chance encounter with a blessed brother in Christ, and he said so many things that my heart really needed to hear.
The Holy Spirit works in strange ways indeed!
There’s so much to reflect on, but this is the one thing that was impressed on my heart the most: that I am called to be like Mother Mary — a portable tabernacle.
Mary, even though she was pregnant, rushed to help her cousin Elizabeth in her time of need! Mary must have felt the nausea of morning sickness, the initial discomfort due to crazy hormones and her body’s reaction to them.
Nonetheless, Mary hurried to meet Elizabeth. Upon the meeting of the two women, John jumped in Elizabeth’s womb!
The call to love is this: Can I bring Christ to others even when I don’t feel up to it, how about even in my moments of struggle? When others meet me, will their souls rejoice because they see Christ in me?
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Originally posted at Catholic Rambles.
2 thoughts on “The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary”
The annunciation account, as inspired by the Holy Spirit, is filled with little details that we can easily miss. One of the classic titles of Mary is Spouse of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Spirit and is inspired to remark: “as soon as I heard your greeting, the baby within me jumped with gladness.” In fact, it was in this moment that Elizabeth was “filled with the Holy Spirit” and proclaims (for the first time) the secret that the Lord is now incarnate in the womb of Mary, and Elizabeth is enlightened to add “How happy are you to believe.” With this act, Mary brings about the necessary step for the healing of Eve’s lack of faith and trust and launches humanity on a new hope filled path by becoming mother of the Messiah God.
Thank you I ponder on the visitation and would’ve loved to have been there to witness. It.
Blessings