Daily Reflections From Higher Things®

Today's Reading: Luke 1:39-56 Daily Lectionary: Joshua 7:1-26; Acts 10:34-48 "For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy." (Luke 1:44) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. The Annunciation (March 25) is the day that the Christian Church celebrates Gabriel's visit to the Virgin Mary and the conception of Jesus in Mary's womb. The Visitation is the day on which the Church remembers when Mary visited her old and pregnant relative, Elizabeth, hence the name "Visitation." This is a unique event, in that this is the first time that John the Baptist and Jesus meet (albeit within the wombs of their respective mothers). Also, this is the first time John confesses that Jesus is the Messiah. He leaps with joy in Elizabeth's womb, having been filled with the Spirit. This is no clump of cells inside Elizabeth's womb. It is a baby, capable of leaping and feeling joy. It is a baby, capable of receiving God's Spirit. And in Mary's womb there is another baby – the Lord, who