![]() If you're sending this as a gift and would like us to frame it for you, please order it framed. ![]() It's easy to find a ready-made frame at your local frame shop. The print is available in three sizes, each of which carry the image on a white sheet of paper, with a little more than 1 inch of WHITE SPACE around it. These prints are beautiful today and are time capsules of the faith for future generations. So, the image is SMALLER than the Paper.Īrchival Quality: All our prints are made using premium acid-free fine art paper in card thickness, and high-quality Epson pigments (instead of dyes), rated by a third party to last 200+ years when not hung in direct sunlight. In the three options, there is a BORDER OF WHITE left around the image, approximately 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" all around. **IMPORTANT** Each of the sizes indicates Outside Dimensions. The original painting was done with watercolor, markers, and colored pencils on paper. In response to Elizabeth, Mary pronounced the "Magnificat" which begins with these words: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” She remained with Elizabeth for about three months. Upon Mary’s arrival, the baby in Elizabeth’s womb, John the Baptist, was stirred by the presence of his Lord, and Elizabeth prophesied, her words forming part of the Hail Mary prayer. Jesus, the child that Mary is carrying, is recognized by the child in Elizabeth's womb - John leaps in recognition of the one whom both mothers revere as 'Lord' (John himself being of miraculous origin from an elderly mother).Īnd above and beyond what is happening to each mother, earthshaking events are in train - the Lord (long-awaited) has finally come to visit his people, to be victorious over enemies, to exult with joy over those who are his own.Mary, having heard at the Annunciation that Elizabeth was six months pregnant, left her home to visit her. Mary and Elizabeth outdo one another, as it were, in giving thanks.īut this particular case is special, unique. The Holy Spirit is the way in which God reigns within each of us.īirth, the gift of life from God, fruitfulness was always sacred to the people of Israel, and the mothers had a special place down through sacred history – as the bearers of life. The Holy Spirit is God's gift to us to enable us to know and experience the indwelling presence of God and the power of his kingdom. Even before the birth of the Messiah, John the Baptist pointed to his coming and leaped for joy in the womb of his mother as the Holy Spirit revealed to him the presence of the King to be born. What a marvelous wonder for God to fill not only Elizabeth's heart with his Holy Spirit but the child in her womb as well. What is the significance of Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth before the birth of Jesus? When Elizabeth greeted Mary and recognized the Messiah in Mary's womb, they were filled with the Holy Spirit and with joyful anticipation of the fulfillment of God's promise to give a Savior. Do you know the joy of a life given over to God in faith and trust? The Lord gives us a supernatural joy that enables us to bear any sorrow or pain and which neither life nor death can take away. Jesus promised his disciples that "no one will take your joy from you" (John 16:22). ![]() Her sorrow did not diminish her joy because it was fueled by her faith, hope, and trust in God and his promises. Mary received both a crown of joy and a cross of sorrow. ![]() Anselm, a great teacher and Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109), spoke these words in a sermon: "Without God's Son nothing could exist without Mary's son, nothing could be redeemed." To be chosen by God is an awesome privilege and responsibility. ![]() That blessedness also would become a sword that pierced her heart as her Son died upon the cross. Mary was given the "blessedness" of being the mother of the Son of God. There is a certain paradox for those "blessed" by the Lord. December 21, Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Adventĭaily Readings: Song 2: 8-14 & Luke 1:39-45 ![]()
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