“In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the
hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechari′ah and
greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe
leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she
exclaimed with a loud cry, ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the
fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord
should come to me? For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears,
the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there
would be[a] a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.’”—Luke 1:39-45 (Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition)
The image accompanying this post, The Visitation,
was drawn by the Italian Renaissance master Raphael (1483-1520), then completed
by an assistant.
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