The Feast of the Visitation celebrates the sisterhood of 2 pregnant women joined by faith in the God of the impossible. Mary’s insight into her part in the unfolding of God’s promises is joined by a radical vision of social reversal: victory to the poor! defeat for their enemies!
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(Art: ) It is a moment of joy, unclouded by any premonition that the vision evinced in Mary’s Magnificat song will result in the death of these two leaping babes. But In the interplay of birth and death, victory and defeat, faith must take the long view.