Today the Church celebrates Mary's visit to her cousin, Elizabeth. Mary had just been visited by the Angel Gabriel who announced that she was to be the mother of the long awaited Savior. Her YES, her FIAT, prompted the Holy Spirit to come upon her in pure love and she conceived a child. She was told that her cousin, Elizabeth, who lived in the hill country, was also with child (in her sixth month). Mary went to visit, to help, to discuss God's workings within their lives, to pray.
The gospel of Luke tells us that "When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb..." and Elizabeth said "...how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy."
John, Elizabeth's unborn son, recognized the presence of the unique God/man, who would be called Jesus, newly conceived in the womb of Mary, and he leaped for joy. Both John and Jesus, as well as each of us, from the moment of conception, is a unique human being, created by God for a purpose and set on a journey that will give honor and glory to God. Contrary to modern interpretation and thought, history holds that life begins at the moment of conception ... not just a tissue life, but a unique human life that should, that must be protected. And they wonder why we are so adamant about life issues.
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