Today's Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary highlights the power of her presence and her visit to her cousin, Elizabeth. Mary went with haste to see her elderly cousin, so unexpectedly with child, in order to BE there for her and help in any way she could. All of this disregarding her own precarious position of being with child before being married. Mary's total selflessness is apparent in this visitation, a visit with a purpose, as when superiors make their annual visitations to the communities under their jurisdiction to insure that the spirit of the congregation is still being honored and enhanced. When Elizabeth addressed Mary as the mother of her Lord, Mary immediately redirected her attention to that Lord and away from herself, his "lowly servant.". The baby in Elizabeth's womb leapt for joy in the presence his is Lord and his gentle, humble, compassionate and faith-filled mother. A simple gesture of kindness and concern, a penetrating presence... a powerful model for all Christians, and particularly, us Marists.
Bro. Rene
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