When Mary entered Elizabeth's home and greeted Elizabeth, the child in Elizabeth's womb leaped with joy. The Holy Spirit who overshadowed Mary when Jesus was conceived now overshadowed John in Elizabeth's womb. Elizabeth, also filled with the Holy Spirit, recognized Mary, her young cousin, as the mother of God, and cries out: "How does this happen to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you.... (Luke 1: 39-45). Mary could have focused on herself following that greeting but does not. She focuses on God, proclaiming God's greatness: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior, for he has looked upon his lowly servant" (Luke 1: 46). She does, however, acknowledge that she has truly been blessed: From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name" (Luke 1: 47). Notice, again, though, that she immediately directs our attention to "the Almighty."
Where is your focus/my focus? When something great has happened in our lives, do we turn our attention and that of others to ourselves or to the Lord God?
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