IV.
Today, spend some time with Elizabeth.

Notice what she says to Mary.

V.
Luke 1:36-45, 56 (NRSVue)

“And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.” Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”

And Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.

VI.
She calls Mary and “the fruit of her womb” blessed. Then asks,

“And why has this happened to me…”

What is she talking about? That at her age she is pregnant? That Mary has come to visit her? That she is witness to Mary’s faith and submission to God?

Elizabeth calls Mary blessed. Do you think Elizabeth has any idea of how blessed she is?

How blessed do you think she is in being the mother to John?

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}