05 -- Visitation to Elizabeth
So Mary went in haste through the country hills of Judea to visit Elizabeth and when she arrived, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
So Mary went in haste through the country hills of Judea to visit Elizabeth and when she arrived, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
The Visitation to Saint Elizabeth is an extension of the Annunciation to Mary. Mary, having heard from Gabriel that Elizabeth was six months pregnant went with haste, to serve her cousin. In this one gesture of kindness and service, Mary ushers the New Covenant. Like St. John the Baptist, she is a forerunner of Christ, announcing his coming by imitating him before his birth.
"And who am I that the Mother of My Lord should come to me?" Elizabeth, who in the natural order would be greater than Mary by virtue of her age, recognized Mary as her Queen -- The Khebirah -- the Mother of the King, in the supernatural order. And yet, it is the Queen who did not come to be served but to serve her cousin; words that her Son would echo when instituting the Eucharist on Holy Thursday.
In this lecture, we deepen our understanding of Mary's maternity and queenship and her privileged relation to the Holy Spirit.
The Visitation to Saint Elizabeth is an extension of the Annunciation to Mary. Mary, having heard from Gabriel that Elizabeth was six months pregnant went with haste, to serve her cousin. In this one gesture of kindness and service, Mary ushers the New Covenant. Like St. John the Baptist, she is a forerunner of Christ, announcing his coming by imitating him before his birth.
"And who am I that the Mother of My Lord should come to me?" Elizabeth, who in the natural order would be greater than Mary by virtue of her age, recognized Mary as her Queen -- The Khebirah -- the Mother of the King, in the supernatural order. And yet, it is the Queen who did not come to be served but to serve her cousin; words that her Son would echo when instituting the Eucharist on Holy Thursday.
In this lecture, we deepen our understanding of Mary's maternity and queenship and her privileged relation to the Holy Spirit.
