"Mary then set out for a town in the hill country of Judah. She entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leapt in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and, giving a loud cry, said, 'You are most blessed among women; and blessed is the fruit of your womb! How is it, that the mother of my LORD comes to me? The moment your greeting sounded in my ears, the baby within me suddenly leapt for joy. Blessed are you, who believed that the LORD's word would come true!'" - Luke 1:39-45
(The angel's message has not left Mary alone with her problems. The angel spoke of her elderly cousin, Elizabeth. With her Mary will share her joy and her secret. Mary, quite young [was she more than fifteen?], will learn from her many things that Joseph could not tell her. What had been foretold to Zechariah will now be fulfilled: "Your son will be filled with the Holy Spirit while in the womb of his mother."
What is most important in history is not what is spectacular. The Gospel prefers to draw our attention to life-filled events.
A few years later, Jewish crowds would go to John the Baptist looking for the word of GOD. No one would wonder how he received the Spirit of GOD, and no one would know that a humble girl, Mary, put GOD's plan in motion on that Visitation day.
Blessed are you who believed! What is important is not that Mary is the mother of JESUS in the flesh, and this, JESUS will repeat [11:27].
Mary, who has become the Temple of GOD, communicates the Spirit--the Spirit of JESUS.)
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