Gospel: Luke 1: 39-45
Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah,The Visitation
Malcolm Guite
Here is a meeting made of hidden joys
Of lightenings cloistered in a narrow place
From quiet hearts the sudden flame of praise
And in the womb the quickening kick of grace.
Two women on the very edge of things
Unnoticed and unknown to men of power
But in their flesh the hidden Spirit sings
And in their lives the buds of blessing flower.
And Mary stands with all we call 'too young',
How has this Advent season been for you? Do you feel prepared for Christ's coming at Christmas? How could you still prepare in these last few days of the season?
Elizabeth recognizes something holy in what she could have experienced as ordinary fetal movement. Where have you found God in the everyday experiences of your life?
O God, grant that we may desire you, and desiring you, seek you, and seeking you, find you, and finding you, be satisfied forever.
Francis Xavier, 1506-1552