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In Christianity, the Visitation, also known as the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, refers to the visit of Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, to Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist, in the Gospel of Luke, Luke 1:39–56.
Visitation, the visit, described in the Gospel According to Luke (1:39–56), made by the Virgin Mary, pregnant with the infant Jesus, to her cousin Elizabeth. At the sound of Mary’s greeting, the pregnant Elizabeth felt the infant St. John the Baptist leap in her womb, which, according to later.
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May 31, 2024 · May 31 is the feast of the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth, the second joyful mystery of the rosary.
Apr 18, 2019 · The feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrates the visit of Mary, the Mother of God, with the child Jesus in her womb, to her cousin Elizabeth. The visit took place when Elizabeth was herself six months' pregnant with the forerunner of Christ, Saint John the Baptist.
What is the Visitation? In the first chapter of St. Luke’s Gospel (Lk. 1:26-57), the Archangel Gabriel announces two wonderful events to the Blessed Virgin Mary, that she herself will bear “the Son of the Most High,” and that her aged cousin Elizabeth was in her sixth month.
May 28, 2021 · The second Joyful Mystery is the Visitation. Scripture tells us that Mary, though pregnant, traveled with haste to visit her kinsmen—Zechariah and Elizabeth—and to help with Elizabeth’s own pregnancy.
May 30, 2023 · What is the meaning of the Visitation? As Pope Benedict XVI has observed, the Visitation provides two primary lessons for us in our walk with God. First, it demonstrates Mary’s humility and willingness to be used by God, calling us to imitate it in our own lives.
