GRACE-FILLED FRIENDSHIP, La Visitation, Sf.Acoperamant al Maicii Domnului,
Pokrov, Vizita Sfintei Fecioare Maria la Elisabeta vara ei imediat dupa Vestea
Cea Buna a Sf.Arh.Gabriel, Vizitatiunea, Coffee with Sr.Vassa Larin(a), 14
Octombrie 2015
Objet :
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Daily
Reflection / GRACE-FILLED FRIENDSHIP
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De :
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Coffee with Sr. Vassa
(coffeewithsistervassa@gmail.com)
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À :
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Olivia Marcov ;
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Date :
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Mercredi 14 octobre 2015 10h13
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GRACE-FILLED FRIENDSHIP
Wednesday, October 14
“In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a
Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and
greeted Elizabeth .
When Elizabeth
heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and
exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the
fruit of your womb! And how (πόθεν, literally, from where) is this happening to
me, that the
mother of my Lord comes to me?...”
(Lk 1: 39-43)
This joyful meeting of two friends, the young Mary, the
Most Blessed Virgin, and Her much older relative Elizabeth, mother of John the
Baptist, occurs right after the Annunciation; right after Mary was paid a visit
by the Archangel Gabriel and gave Her consent to become the Mother of God. She
does not keep the news to Herself, but goes “with haste” to tell it (not to
Joseph!) to another woman, Elizabeth. But Elizabeth, who is also expecting a
child at this point, doesn’t need to be told what has happened to Mary. She
immediately knows, “filled with the Holy Spirit,” and becomes the first woman
to recognize Mary, her young friend, as the Blessed Among Women and as “mother
of my Lord.”
The Holy Spirit brings joy and mutual honor to this
friendship. He brings the Most Blessed Virgin, on the one hand, to share “with
haste” Her joy with Elizabeth ; and He opens Elizabeth ’s heart to see
Her young friend for who She is, and to rejoice with Her.
Today as we celebrate the feast of the Protection of the
Mother of God (OC), I am reminded to let the grace of the Holy Spirit into my
friendships. It is His grace that makes me capable of sharing my joys and
sorrows with my friends, and it is His grace that opens my heart to see and
share theirs. Today I let Her, Full of Grace, be my model and guide in
grace-filled friendship. “Blessed are You among women,” I gratefully say to Her
today, because She comes “with haste” and is indeed “among” us, when we are
open to Her grace-filled friendship.
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