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me, that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?[1] Blessed art thou that hast believed , because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord.”
Whereupon Mary exclaimed[2]: “My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Because He hath regarded[3] the humility of His handmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For He
- ↑ To me. “Why does this high honour come to me? How have I deserved this extraordinary grace that the Mother of God should visit me ? I ought to go to you, and serve you, and yet you come to me!” Elizabeth, by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, knew what the angel had announced to Mary, and what she had answered. She therefore congratulated the Blessed Virgin on having believed the message of God. At the same time the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of Elizabeth, gave the assurance that everything which God had announced by the angel would come to pass: Mary would bear a son by the operation of the Holy Ghost, and this son would be the Son of God, and would save His people from their sins.
- ↑ Exclaimed. Mary knew by the words of Elizabeth that God had revealed to her cousin His choice of her to be the Mother of His Son, and the speedy advent of the Redeemer. She could therefore no longer keep silence about the great joy that had come to her, and burst out into the “Magnificat”.
- ↑ Regarded. He has taken pity on my humility, and chosen me to be the Mother of His Son.
