Thursday of the Eighth Week of Ordinary Time
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Romans 12:9-16
Luke 1:39-56
On this Feast Day of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth, we celebrate an encounter. We celebrate an encounter of epic proportions. Mary, the young virgin, barely old enough to conceive, and she do by the gift of the Holy Spirit. Elizabeth the elder, past her childbearing years yet she also is with a child. These women celebrate the children in their wombs as each child will have a lasting impact on the world for generations to come.
We celebrate an encounter that would appear to be a random encounter, but this encounter was predicted from the beginning of time. An encounter made possible because both these women are in tune with the movement of God in their lives.
We celebrate an encounter where both women are filled with gratitude for what God is doing in their lives, even though what has been done is beyond their imagination.
We celebrate an encounter that touches our lives even as we sit here today. John the Baptist who herald the coming of Christ and Jesus who brings salvation into the world. May we bring this same spirit into our encounters this day?
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