Monday, May 31, 2010

Holiday – May 31, 2010 – The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

+ Today we celebrate a Mystery of the Rosary and an example to us all of what having the Divine Life within us ought to inspire. Today we remember that after the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary, and Jesus – the Man-God – began to exist within her womb by means of a purely super-natural occurrence, the presence of her Creator, her Redeemer, her Sanctifier made Mary immediately eager to spread their outward-tending life of giving and serving the needs of others. And so Mary went with haste to visit her elderly cousin Elizabeth who – through the angel – was told was also with child, in her old age (the child being John the Baptist).

The meeting of the two cousins – because God was so strongly present in both of them – produced great joy and acclamations of praising the greatness of God. Elizabeth blessed Mary for believing that what the angel told her will come to pass: that she would be the mother of God's only Son. And Mary proclaimed God's greatness by intoning the great prayer of Hannah of the Old Testament: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoice in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant…He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our father, to Abraham and his children forever.

At the meeting, also, John the Baptist in the womb of Elizabeth leaped for joy as well: thus confirming the sacredness and the sensitiveness to all that goes on around it of unborn children who await their time to be brought forth into the light of day!

Then Mary remained with Elizabeth for three months to help her as her time for delivery approached: this was done with peace and joy because the amazing new presence on earth of God himself was right there in the midst of it all! Having received the Eucharist today – the same presence of the same Lord and God and Savior, let us seek out others to whom we can bring the kindness, the care and the love of God to, by words and deeds of true charity and helpfulness: let this be a day of "visitation" for us as well.

Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.

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