Today is the feast of the Visitation. It reminds us that we, like Mary, should think of others. She traveled quite a distance, like so many of us do, to visit her cousin. Her reason for going was to help her elderly relative through her unplanned late life pregnancy. Her readiness to assist brought great benefits. Not only was she able to share her own unusual pregnancy, but she also witnessed the miraculous naming of John the Baptist.
The child’s father had been struck dumb for his lack of faith by the announcing angel. Upon the birth of his child, his tongue was loosened when he was asked what name he would give the little one. His answer, “John is his name.”
Let us keep the feast by raising a prayer to Mary for all unborn children and their mothers. In a world where unplanned pregnancies are terminated, both women of this story courageously accepted God’s will for them.
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