<p class="title_brown">II Mystery</p>

<p class="subtitle_brown">The visitation of Mary to Saint Elizabeth</p>

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We contemplate the mystery of <em>the visitation of Mary to Saint Elizabeth</em>, meditating on the words of the Gospel according to Saint Luke:</p>

<p class="quote">Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary&rsquo;s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. And she cried out with a loud voice and said, &ldquo;Blessed <em>are</em> you among women, and blessed <em>is</em> the fruit of your womb&raquo;.<br />
[Lk 1,39-42]</p>

<p class="normal_text">The lines of horizontality unite those who make themselves messengers of good news. Mary heads to her relative Elizabeth to hug her in joy. The history of salvation is being fulfilled. The Scripture indicates that the meeting did not lack notes of feast, the embrace of the closeness that unites the saint women who, more than anyone else, sense the joy and use poetry. Mary climbs the mountain to greet Elizabeth, but this is the one who greets her with the most beautiful title that humanity attributes to her: &ldquo;and why has this <em>happened</em> to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me?&raquo; [Lk 1,43]. Mary, aware of the commitment of the servant of the Lord, of the one that all will come to call &laquo;blessed&raquo;, sings: &laquo;my soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior&raquo; [Lk 1,46-47].<br />
In Fatima we also experience the joy of the encounter with the brethren; we climb the mountain to become, with Mary, bearers of Christ.<br />
Virgin of Fatima, Lady of the Encounter, intercede for us next to Christ so that we may live the joy of taking God to the brethren!</p>
