This is reflected in the opening prayer and the prayer over the gifts and in ... one and two of Luke's Gospel is not simply a family event between Elizabeth and Mary. The Visitation is an event of ...

Everything in the visitation scene is motion and excitement: Mary's haste, her greeting to Elizabeth, John's leaping for joy ... She helps us to understand the following prayer to Jesus: If I am ...

Joseph carries a flask of wine. Zacharias waits in the doorway; After a lifetime of barrenness, Elizabeth and Zacharias were blessed with child six months before the Annunciation to Mary; their child ...

Christians are called to follow Mary's example by responding to God's love with action, reaching out to others instead of withdrawing from the world.

Don’t be surprised if you hear two versions of the local translation of the most popular devotional prayer to the Virgin Mary ...

During his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis reflects on the mystery of the Visitation, and urges the faithful to follow ...