Many of my blog entries have been about our Blessed Mother and why not? As Catholics we look up to Mary as our mother. Jesus gave her to us as our mother through his disciple John while on the cross "Behold your mother." Today we remember when Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth when she was pregnant with John the Baptist. Luke records "the child leaped in her womb."
When have you hear Our Lord speaking to you and you leaped for joy? Or leaped to speedily do what the Lord asks of us? It may not always be easy, but we have Mary to help us and pray for us as the prayer Hail Mary says, "...pray for us sinners..."
Today I pray to our Lord for the confidence to do what the Lord is asking of me. May I always be a good and faithful servant and do God's Will and confirm to His Plan for my life. Let us all pray the Hail Mary today on this last day of May, the month of Mary with a joyful expectation for great things from the Lord.
"They [John and Jesus] were both alive while still in the womb. Elizabeth rejoiced as the infant leaped in her womb; Mary glorifies the Lord because Christ within inspired her. Each mother recognizes her child and is known by her child who is alive, being not merely souls but also spirits." -Tertullian (160-240), from his Sermon on The Visitation of Mary
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