“But who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
The moment your greeting sounded in my ears, the baby leapt in my womb for joy.”
-Luke 1: 43-44
For Reflection:
Mary carried Jesus in her womb to Zechariah’s house and St. John the Baptist leapt in his mother’s womb for joy. Who will carry Jesus to me today and how will I respond to His presence?
O Mary, all pure and all holy, Paradise of God, His beloved Daughter, chosen by Him from all eternity to be the Mother of His only Son, preserved by Him from every shadow of sin, enriched by Him with all graces..how great and how beautiful you are, O Mary! “You are all beautful, O Mary, and there is no stain of sin in you. You are the glory of Jerusalem, the joy of Israel, the honor of our people” (Tota Pulchra).
Divine Intimacy: Meditations on the Interior Life
for Every Day of the Liturgical Year
by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D
Meditation 170, page 494
