Encountering Jesus through Mary’s Visitation (HOMILY ON THE FEAST OF THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (MAY 31 2024)
HOMILY ON THE FEAST OF THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (MAY 31 2024) Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Isa.12; Luke 1:39-56 Before His Ascension, when Jesus spoke to His disciples about his impending departure, He assured them that His departure does not mean His absence because the Holy Spirit will come to guide them to the truth. Since Jesus is the truth, the Holy Spirit guides us to discover Jesus. It is this guidance of the Holy Spirit to discover Jesus that we celebrate in the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast does not just mean to say that Mary visited Elizabeth; they were cousins and so, she would have done that a number of times. This feast rather outlines the first visit of the Mother of God. Mary had just been told by the Angel Gabriel that she will be the Mother of God. Immediately she goes to visit Elizabeth. Through her greeting, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit who also guided her to discover/notice the Jesus in Mary’s womb. Elizabeth exc...