making haste!

Luke tells us about Mary making haste to help Elizabeth who was also with child. Here is an incredible moment that reaches out to us 2000 years later. Elizabeth was carrying the prophet John the Baptiser. Mary was carrying God become man. How is it that Mary rushes to help her older cousin? It seems that Elizabeth should have been the one making haste to help Mary. But even in this we find our Lord inspiring His own blessed mother to serve instead of waiting to be served. Luke says she stayed until Elizabeth gave birth. When Jesus is birthed within us, we can't help but serve! This is what Mary's example always teaches, to make haste, taking Jesus to those around us, to help them! And more to it, here we see a another beautiful teaching, we see ourselves in the womb of Elizabeth, prophets waiting to be born. At our baptism we are anointed with the oil of king, priest, and prophet. Mary still makes haste to all who carry this call, still inspired by her Son and King, to help with the birth of more prophets who will point the world to Jesus. How many in the Church never hear the call to serve the King? How many prophets never wake up to the joyful lonely calling of saying to every one who will listen, "Behold!, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!"? 

 

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