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Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed
Virgin Mary
Feastday: May 31.
Reading 1
Shout
for joy, O daughter Zion!
Sing
joyfully, O Israel!
Be
glad and exult with all your heart,
O
daughter Jerusalem!
The
LORD has removed the judgment against you,
he has
turned away your enemies;
The
King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst,
you have no
further misfortune to fear.
On
that day, it shall be said to Jerusalem:
Fear
not, O Zion, be not discouraged!
The
LORD, your God, is in your midst,
a mighty
savior;
He
will rejoice over you with gladness,
and renew
you in his love,
He
will sing joyfully because of you,
as one
sings at festivals.
or
Brothers
and sisters:
Let
love be sincere;
hate what
is evil,
hold on
to what is good;
love one
another with mutual affection;
anticipate
one another in showing honor.
Do
not grow slack in zeal,
be
fervent in spirit,
serve the
Lord.
Rejoice
in hope,
endure in
affliction,
persevere
in prayer.
Contribute
to the needs of the holy ones,
exercise
hospitality.
Bless
those who persecute you,
bless and
do not curse them.
Rejoice
with those who rejoice,
weep with
those who weep.
Have
the same regard for one another;
do not be
haughty but associate with the lowly;
do not be wise in your own estimation.
Responsorial Psalm
R.
(6) Among you is the
great and Holy One of Israel.
God
indeed is my savior;
I am
confident and unafraid.
My
strength and my courage is the LORD,
and he
has been my savior.
With
joy you will draw water
at the
fountain of salvation.
R.
Among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.
Give
thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name;
among the
nations make known his deeds,
proclaim
how exalted is his name.
R.
Among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.
Sing
praise to the LORD for his glorious achievement;
let this
be known throughout all the earth.
Shout
with exultation, O city of Zion,
for great
in your midst
is the
Holy One of Israel!
R.
Among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.
Gospel
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.
When
Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,
the
infant leaped in her womb,
and
Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,
cried out
in a loud voice and said,
“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?
For
at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
the
infant in my womb leaped for joy.
Blessed
are you who believed
that what
was spoken to you by the Lord
would be
fulfilled.”
And
Mary said:
“My
soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit
rejoices in God my Savior,
for he
has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From
this day all generations will call me blessed:
the
Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy
is his Name.
He
has mercy on those who fear him
in every
generation.
He
has shown the strength of his arm,
he has
scattered the proud in their conceit.
He
has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has
lifted up the lowly.
He
has filled the hungry with good things,
and the
rich he has sent away empty.
He
has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he
has remembered his promise of mercy,
the
promise he made to our fathers,
to
Abraham and his children for ever.”
Mary
remained with her about three months
and then returned to her home.
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