When children grow up (and the Feast of the Visitation) - Catholic Review

Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

Assuming that the Annunciation and the Incarnation took place around the time of the vernal equinox, Mary left Nazareth at the end of March and went over the mountains to Hebron, south of Jerusalem, to wait upon her cousin Elizabeth. Because Mary's presence, and even more the presence of the Divine Child in her womb, according to the will of God, was to be the source of very great graces to the Blessed John, Christ's Forerunner. (Lk1:39-57). Fee…

Elizabeth Before - The Living Church

Daily Devotional • May 31 The Visitation Rogier van der Weyden (c.1400 – 1464) | Visitation (c.1437) | 58x36cm | Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig. A Reading from John 3:25-30 25 Now a discussion about purification arose between John’s disciples and a Jew. 26 They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you testified, here he is baptizing, and all are going to him.” 27 John answered, “No one…

The Feast of the Visitation - Catholic Insight

A blessed feast of the Visitation to all our readers, wherein we recall the meeting of no less than four chosen souls: Our Lady, Saint Elizabeth, and their respective yet-to-be-born children, the newly-conceived Son of the Most High, and Saint John the Baptist, six months along. One divine Person, and three human persons who were all saints, and one of them the Mother of the Divine Person, in His human nature. Quite the epochal event, if hidden …

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary commemorates the journey Mary made to visit her cousin Elizabeth shortly after the Annunciation. Carrying Jesus in her womb, Mary traveled about ninety miles from Nazareth to the hill country of Judah to serve Elizabeth, who was also miraculously pregnant with John the Baptist. Upon Mary’s arrival, Elizabeth, […]

When children grow up (and the Feast of the Visitation) - Catholic Review

The other day, I watched as my son, who was stuck in a challenging situation, stepped forward to advocate for himself—politely and firmly. He was heard without any apparent criticism, the problem was immediately resolved, and the world continued to turn. It took my breath away. But at 15 and 17, he and his brother surprise me all the time. Somehow, the children we’ve been raising since they were toddlers have become almost-men, practically adult…