This is the movement of the Holy Family.

Welcome to our daily Rosedary Meditation.

We are in our second day of setting out on our journey of Advent,

immersing ourselves in different aspects of the life of Jesus.

But this will also serve to prepare us for our consecration to Mary on January 1st. So let's begin in the name of the Father and the

son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. And let's call to mind all those we've promised to

pray for. The visitation, the second joyful mystery, is sometimes called the first Pentecost.

Remember what happens at Pentecost.

Mary is there, the Holy Spirit is there,

and the two of them together bring Jesus

into the souls of the disciples gathered in the upper room. That's what happens at the visitation. Mary and the Holy

Spirit come to the house of Zechariah and when Mary and the Holy Spirit come to

Elizabeth and John, John dances and Elizabeth sings with joy because

Jesus, the Savior of the world, has come to them. And here at the visitation we see Mary in all

her splendour. Elizabeth blesses her. She acknowledges her as the mother of the Lord.

Isn't it tragic how many Christians refuse to bless Mary?

Isn't it sad how many fail to recognize her as the mother of the Lord, as the one who is blessed by

her faith? Even when Jesus was still in the womb, the first ones to receive him responded by praising his mother and shall we do any less than that?

Our father who art in heaven, hallow would be your name, thy kingdom come,

thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us to stay our daily bread and forgive us our trustasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead

us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, Amen.

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