In those days,
Mary set off and made her way with alacrity to the
to the mountain region, to a town in Judea.
She entered the house of Zechariah
and greeted Elisabeth.
And when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, she said to herself
the child shuddered inside her.
Then Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,
and cried out in a loud voice:
"Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
Where do I get it from
that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
For when your words of greeting reached my ears,
the child leapt for joy within me.
Blessed is she who has believed in the fulfilment of the words
which were spoken to him from the Lord."
Lk 1:39-45
