A Eucharistic Glance Into Today's Gospel
Some spiritual writers have described Mary as the
first tabernacle since the Son of God resided in her womb. She took the newly
and spiritually conceived Savior of the world to her aged cousin Elizabeth, who,
after Mary and Joseph, is the first recorded Adorer of our Lord. Elizabeth
How sad that so many of us today do not share that
appreciation when we are in His Presence. Rather than leaping for joy as did John the Baptist in his mother’s womb,
we walk by ignoring the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, acting as if He was
not here among us.
To have such a great gift, to have a God so easily
accessible and not to appreciate that Gift, is one of mankind’s greatest
tragedies.