Gospel: Luke
1:39-56
Mary set
out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she
entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's
greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy
Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most
blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how
does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at
the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb
leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the
Lord would be fulfilled."
And Mary
said: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in
God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day
all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for
me, and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every
generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, he has scattered the proud in
their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted
up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has
sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has
remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham
and his children for ever."
Mary
remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.
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Reflection:
Do you
have a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary by regularly praying the Holy Rosary
and do you always ask her to pray for you?
Even if
she was also pregnant at that time the Blessed Mother visited her cousin
Elizabeth without considering her own wellbeing. She went to Elizabeth in view
of the fact that she wanted to comfort and strengthen her. That’s how selfless and
loving is the Blessed Mother.
Of course
we also want to be visited, comforted and strengthened by the Blessed Mother.
But do we find time to pray to her and ask her to pray for us? Do we regularly
pray the Holy Rosary? Being the mother of Jesus she is the closest to the heart
of Jesus. Whatever she tells Jesus, He will obey for she is his mother.
On this
feast of Visitation we are reminded by the Blessed Mother that it’s not only
her cousin Elizabeth that she wants to comfort. She also wants to comfort,
strengthen and help us heal with whatever worries and problems that we have. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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