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PRAYING THE WAY OF THE INCARNATION: VISITATION: A THREE MONTH RETREAT - DAY 11 FOURTH STATION "How can we fail to see that the hidden protagonist in the meeting between the young Mary and the by-then elderly Elizabeth is Jesus? Mary bears him in her womb as in a sacred tabernacle and offers him as the greatest gift to Zechariah, to Elizabeth, his wife, and also to the infant developing in her womb." BENEDICT XVI May 2006 Truly the great works of God, the great mysteries of God come to pass in hiddenness, in the house of Zechariah. The whole Church will constantly recall them and will repeat with Elizabeth: "Blessed is she who believed", and, together with Mary, the Church will sing the Magnificat." JOHN PAUL II 12 June 1999 A MORNING OFFERING O My Jesus, show me how to follow your hidden example in the womb. You brought joy, love, light and reconciliation to Zechariah and Elizabeth's house in the ordinary and unnoticed event of Mary's visit. Help me as I go about my day today to find small hidden ways to bring you to others. Visit the website: Unborn Word Alliance Visit the blog version of: Unborn Word of the day |
Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.