Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
The next time that you are in church, look around you. Here are Jesus’ sisters and brothers. Here is the family of Jesus. Thank about it. Better yet, pray about it. Here’s a suggested prayer:
The biblical view of Mary is that she has been specially set apart by God in the order of grace. Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, was one of the first to affirm this when she proclaimed Mary’s blessedness upon her visitation: “And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!” (Luke 1:41-42)