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Visitation
Painted by Fra Angelico (1433-1434)
Early Renaissance
The Cortona Altarpiece, Tempera on Wood
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With the prayer intention of vocational and spiritual fruitfulness, as an initiative with the Archdiocese of Winnipeg, participants of Catholic Women's Vocational Discernment support each other in sharing our discernment journey.
Under the patronage and intercession of the Virgin Mary and Elizabeth (Luke 1: 5-80), emulating their receptivity to the grace of the Holy Spirit as well as their support for one another, we pray for purity of faith and fidelity to follow God's will as disciples of Jesus Christ.
Mary Visits Elizabeth
39 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, 40 where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 42 and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 43 And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? 44 For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be[e] a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”
Luke 1: 39-45
My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior;
Because He has regarded the lowliness of His handmaid;
for behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed;
Because He who is mighty has done great things for me,
and Holy is His Name;
And His mercy is from generation to generation on those who fear Him.
He has shown might with His arm,
He has scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
and has exalted the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has given help to Israel, His servant, mindful of His mercy -
Even as He spoke to our father -
to Abraham and to his posterity forever.
Luke 1: 46-55