The Perpetual Rosary at Saints

Mary Visits Elizabeth.

During those days 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.”
Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.

Luke 1:39-45, 56

Mary’s Visitation of Elizabeth
St. Ambrose of Milan
Church Father and Doctor of the Church

When the angel revealed his message to the Virgin Mary
he gave her a sign to win her trust. He told her of the
motherhood of an old and barren woman to show that God is able to do all thathe wills. When she hears this Mary sets out for the hill country.
She does not disbelieve God’s word; she feels no uncertainty over the
message or doubt about the sign. She goes eager in purpose,
dutiful in conscience, hastening for joy.
Filled with God, where would she hasten but to the heights? The
Holy Spirit does not proceed by slow, laborious efforts. Quickly,
too, the blessings of her coming and the Lord’s presence are
made clear: as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting the child
leapt in her womb, and she was filled with the Holy Spirit
Notice the contrast and the choice of words. Elizabeth is the first
to hear Mary’s voice, but John is the first to be aware of grace.
She hears with the ears of the body, but he leaps for joy at the
meaning of the mystery. She is aware of Mary’s presence,
but he is aware of the Lord’s: a woman aware of a woman’s presence, the forerunner aware of the pledge of our salvation. The women speak of the
grace they have received while the children are active in secret, unfolding the mystery of love with the help of their mothers, who prophesy by the spirit of their sons.
The child leaps I the womb; the mother is filled with
the Holy Spirit, but not before herson. Once the son has been filled with the Holy Spirit, he fills his mother with the same
Spirit. John leaps for joy, and the spirit of Mary rejoices in her turn. When John leaps for joy Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Spirit, but we
know that though Mary’s spirit rejoices,
she does not need to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Her son, who is beyond our
understanding, is active in his mother in a way beyondour understanding. Elizabeth is filled with the Holly Spirit after conceiving John, while Mary is filled with the Holy Spirit before conceiving the Lord. Elizabeth says:
Blessed are you because you have believed.

You also are blessed because you have heard and believed. A soul that believes both conceives and brings forth the Word of God and acknowledges his works.

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