On the 4th Sunday of Advent last year, we read about how Gabriel had visited Mary and announced to her that she was to conceive a son who would be called the Son of the Most High. Mary had quibbled some, but like others before her (and after her) accepted her call. She had responded to the messenger, "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word" (Luke 1:26-38).
Now, about five months later, we commemorate the visit of the pregnant Mary to her cousin Elizabeth who is pregnant with the prophet we will know as John the Baptist.
Read their story in Luke 1:39-57. Note how Mary's song echoes Hannah's in 1 Samuel 2:1-10. Psalm 113 reminds us that God is the helper of those who need help.
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