Comes to Us
“Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.”
Luke 1:39-40
What would you do if God came to your home, rang your doorbell, and knocked on your door? How would you respond? That is essentially what happened to Elizabeth. When she was told that she would be the mother of Jesus, Mary was also informed of Elizabeth’s pregnancy with St. John the Baptist. And so she immediately set off to go visit her cousin. Upon reaching the home of Zechariah and Elizabeth, we were told that the infant in Elizabeth’s womb leapt, and Elizabeth said something very interesting, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” She knew that her cousin Mary have become the mother of her God, and she knew not because she read about it in a book or received a private prophecy, but because she was filled with the Holy Spirit. The very same Holy Spirit that came upon Mary. It is the Holy Spirit, God Himself Who reveals Himself to us.
Just yesterday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the “central mystery of the Christian faith and life.” What we remember and recount today is the great mystery and love of God going to His people. Even in the womb, Jesus comes to us. This is the great mystery. Why would God want to draw close to us sinful, imperfect beings? Because He could have done none otherwise. God comes to us, not because of any merit on our part, but because He is love itself, and to do anything but love us and come to us would be contrary to His very nature. Think about that, God’s very nature is to love us. Wow. How blessed are we? And how blessed are we that Mary said “yes” and traveled to bring Jesus to us. May our hearts be open to the Holy Spirit so that they may too leap for joy each time we receive Holy Communion, adore Our Lord, or encounter Him in those around us. God’s coming to you right now. Will you welcome Him?
