O Flower of Jesse’s stem,
You have been raised up as a sign for all peoples;
kings stand silent in Your presence;
the nations bow down in worship before You.
Come, let nothing keep You from coming to our aid.
You have been raised up as a sign for all peoples;
kings stand silent in Your presence;
the nations bow down in worship before You.
Come, let nothing keep You from coming to our aid.
“During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah...” (Luke 1:39.)
Origen of Alexandria (part 2 of Pope Benedict’s reflections on Origen) comments on this verse from the Gospel proclaimed at Mass today:
“Better men go to weaker men to give them some advantage by their visits. Thus the Savior came to John to sanctify John’s baptism…. Jesus was in her womb, and he hastened to sanctify John, who was still in his own mother’s womb. Before Mary came and greeted Elizabeth, the infant did not rejoice in her womb. But as soon as Mary spoke the word that the Son of God, in his mother’s womb, had supplied, “the infant [John] leaped in joy.” At that moment Jesus made his forerunner a prophet for the first time.” (Homilies on the Gospel of Luke, 71.)
Collect
Pour forth, we beseech You, O Lord,
Your grace into our hearts, that we,
to whom the incarnation of Christ Your Son
was made known by the message of an angel,
may by His Passion and Cross
be brought to the glory of his Resurrection.
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Your grace into our hearts, that we,
to whom the incarnation of Christ Your Son
was made known by the message of an angel,
may by His Passion and Cross
be brought to the glory of his Resurrection.
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Glory to the Father
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen
