“And Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice ‘Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” Luke 1:41-44. St. Pope John Paul II said, “If Christ is the day that never fades, Mary is its dawn, shining with beauty. Chosen in advance to be the Mother of the incarnate Word. Mary is at the same time the first-fruits of his redeeming action . . .”

Let us pray, Holy Spirit, you spoke through Elizabeth, calling Mary the ‘Mother of my Lord’; even though she had not yet given birth, she was mother. Thank you for this encounter of these two holy women. Through the intercession of our Mother Mary and St. Elizabeth may we be blessed.
Amen.