Christmas 2020 - 2. Mary meets Elizabeth

Christmas 2020 2. Mary visits Elizabeth

 

39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favoured, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfil his promises to her!”
(Luke 2:39-45)

There is much to be said about this time of year we call Christmas. Worldwide there are about 250 babies born every minute.
Yet, the birth we celebrate at Christmas, is like no other birth of a human. That birth of the man Jesus Christ, 2000 years ago, caused the world to change. The birth of Jesus Christ causes more of the world today to pause amidst the busy-ness of life, take a breath amidst the noise of daily life and celebrate in many different ways and fashions.

From our reading in Luke, we find that Mary has gone to visit Elizabeth, who is also with child. She stays there 3 months before returning home. We see here that as Mary greets Elizabeth, Elizabeth’s unborn child does a leap in the womb! Not a slight nudge with an elbow or a kick with a foot. No! The child, who we know as John the Baptist, leaps joyously and Elizabeth, feels it and is filled with God the Holy Spirit. Come and listen to the podcast about the meeting of Mary & Elizabeth!

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