Advent Weekday
Thursday before ChristmasOur gospel continues to lead up to the Birth of the Christ Child in Luke 1:39-45. Mary visits Elizabeth. The Holy Spirit is working in Elizabeth and her unborn son, John. They both recognize the presence of God in Mary and Jesus, her infant in the womb.
"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.'"
St. Elizabeth, pray for us to recognize and respond to the presence of God as you did.