In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”
Five Haikus for Elizabeth and Mary
A visitation -
two women, powered by God
to birth Holy Men.
Hearing Mary's voice,
Elizabeth's baby leaped
with joy in her womb.
Elizabeth, filled
with the Holy Spirit, cried:
"Mary, blessed are you."
"Blessed are you among
women and fruit of your womb
God's power unleashed!"
Fulfillment done.
Given by God and believed:
A faithful response.
Char Lyon
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