![]() She greeted her cousin Elizabeth, and at the sound of her voice, John quickened in his mother's womb and leapt for joy. Elizabeth was going to have a child, too, and although Mary's own child was God, she could not forget Elizabeth's need-almost incredible to us, but characteristic of her. The Mother of God considered no such thing. They would say they had a duty to themselves and to their unborn child which came before anything or anyone else. Many women, if they were expecting a child, would refuse to hurry over the hills on a visit of pure kindness. "Those days" in which she rose on that impulse were the days in which Christ was being formed in her, the impulse was his impulse. We can feel the rush of warmth and kindness, the sudden urgency of love that sent that girl hurrying over the hills. ![]() How lyrical that is, the opening sentence of St. ![]() The Visitation And Mary rising up in those days went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda. She died three days after refusing to marry a pagan nobleman, Flaccus.Īccording to the 1962 Missal, today is the feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is now celebrated in the Ordinary Rite on August 22. Aurelia Petronilla, who was guided in the Faith by St. >Continue praying the Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit.<< May 31, 2022: Pope Francis will be leading the rosary for peace in Ukraine and end to wars worldwide. Some places appropriately observe a celebration of the reality and sanctity of human life in the womb. John the Baptist, in conformity with the Gospel accounts. Now it is celebrated between the solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord and the birth of St. ![]() Excerpted from the Cathedral Daily Missal This feast is of medieval origin, it was kept by the Franciscan Order before 1263, and soon its observance spread throughout the entire Church. Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me, and holy is His name" (Lk. "My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Hearing herself addressed by the most lofty title of "Mother of the Lord" and realizing what grace her visit had conferred on John, Mary broke out in that sublime canticle of praise proclaiming prophetically that henceforth she would be venerated down through the centuries: It narrates the cleansing of John from original sin in his mother's womb. The Mass of today salutes her who in her womb bore the King of heaven and earth, the Creator of the world, the Son of the Eternal Father, the Sun of Justice. The Visitation is frequently depicted in art, and was the central mystery of St. The Feast of the Visitation recalls to us the following great truths and events: The visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth shortly after the Annunciation the cleansing of John the Baptist from original sin in the womb of his mother at the words of Our Lady's greeting Elizabeth's proclaiming of Mary-under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost-as Mother of God and "blessed among women" Mary's singing of the sublime hymn, Magnificat ("My soul doth magnify the Lord") which has become a part of the daily official prayer of the Church. » Enjoy our Liturgical Seasons series of e-books!īlessed are you, O Virgin Mary, who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled. Preparing for a Shift in the Liturgical Year.
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