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 forever.”
Mary remained with her about three months and then
returned to her home.
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Reflection:
What are you going to do if a very close relative
whom you have not seen for quite some time would give you a visit? You would be
very happy for sure and even if you don’t have much you would still find
time to give her/him the best accommodations and treatment that you could give
her/him.
This must have been the feeling of Elizabeth when
she was visited by her cousin Mary who at that time was also pregnant with the
baby Jesus in her womb. They shared a lot of stories about themselves. They
strengthened each other’s morale, love and bond. Thus, the Blessed Mother
stayed with her cousin until she gave birth.
Through Mary and her cousin Elizabeth, this Feast of
the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary imparts us so many lessons about
human relations and life itself which we sometimes take for granted. Here are
three lessons:
1. Even if there’s already social media platforms
such as facebook etc... where we could somehow be updated of what’s going on
with our friends and relatives. There’s no substitute with face to face human
interactions. Therefore, we still need to go out of our way to visit our
relatives and close friends whom we have not seen for quite some time.
2. We need to strengthen them morally and
spiritually.
3. We need to bring good tidings to them and share
whatever we have no matter how small.
4. We need to be open to listen to them: their triumphs
and frustrations about life or anything under the sun that they would tell us.
We sometimes forget these acts of kindness and compassion
which can do so much to uplift a weary person one way or the other. But many of
us are so busy that we have no more time for them. Yet we have time to do
facebook, we have time to aimlessly surf the internet and tinker with new
gadgets which robs us of human relation and empathy. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
1 comment:
Salamat sa Dios sa mga mensahi na ipinaparating sa mga tao na ikaw po ay kanyang ginawang tagapaghatid ng kanyang mga salita upang mapalaganap ang mabuting balita sa Dios.
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