May 31: Welcome the Word at Every Moment

Domenico Ghirlandaio : The Visitation
Musée du Louvre, Paris, c.1491

Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Gospel: Lk 1:39-56

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb (NRSV, Lk 1:41a).

Father, you send the Word to every human being in every place at every moment. The Word brings the gift of your life and the challenge for us to accept it and grow in it in every situation.

With John the Baptist may be we welcome the Word at every moment as we are called to become one with you, Father, and to grow constantly in your divine life given to us in the Holy Spirit.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.