Today,
the text of the Gospel corresponds to the second joyful mystery: the
«Visitation of the Blessed Virgin to Her Cousin, St.
Elizabeth». It certainly is a complete mystery! A silent
inburst of profound and intense joy as History has never ever
narrated! It is Mary's joy that has just become a mother, because it
is fitting that all grace continues to come through Mary by the work
of the Holy Spirit. The latin word “gaudium” express a
deep and intimate joy that does not burst out. Despite that, the
mountains of Judah were covered with joy. Mary exulted as a mother
who has just realized she is expecting a child. And what a Child! A
Child that, before being born, already peregrinated through the
bouldery trodden tracks leading to Ain Karim, nestled in the heart
and lovely arms of Mary.
Joy
in Elisabeth's soul and face, and in the baby leaping in her womb.
The words of Mary's cousin will travel through time: «Blessed
are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!»
(Lk 1:42). The prayer of the Saint Rosary, as a source of joy,
is one of the new perspectives discovered by our Pope John Paul II in
his apostolic Letter about the Rosary of the Virgin Mary.
Joy
is indivisible from faith. «But why am I so favored, that the
mother of my Lord should come to me?» (Lk 1:43). The joy
of God and Mary has spread all over the world. To allow it within us,
we need only to open ourselves through our faith to God's constant
influence in our life, while walking our path with the Infant, with
She who has believed, by holding St. Joseph's strong and enamored
hand. Earthen paths, asphalt, cobblestones or muddy roads through,
any Christian always carries upon him, two dimensions of faith: the
union with God and the service to others. Both quite closely linked
up: with a unity of life that establishes no solution of continuity
between one thing and the other.
