1 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,100 Hi everyone. Welcome back to logical Bible 2 00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:15,400 study. In this podcast, we're all about 3 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,100 looking at the gospel from today's mass and having a look 4 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:21,000 at the literal sense of the text. 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,500 What is the text mean on the most fundamental level? 6 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:26,600 What do the words mean? What was the author trying to 7 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,000 get at all of those are the kind of things that we try and help 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,600 you understand. In this podcast today, we're 9 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:35,200 looking at a text which will be familiar to many of you 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,100 Catholics. So let's jump into it. 11 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:44,000 Luke chapter 1 verses 39 to 45 Mary set out and went as quickly 12 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,100 as she could to a town in the Hill Country of Judah, she went 13 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:51,200 into zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth. 14 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,500 Now as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child left 15 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:59,300 in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 16 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,300 She gave a loud cry and said of all women, you are the most 17 00:01:03,300 --> 00:01:06,200 blessed and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 18 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:10,500 Why should I be honored with a visit from the mother of my lord 19 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:13,400 for the moment, your greeting reached my ears? 20 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,700 The child in my womb, leaped for joy. 21 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:17,600 Yes. Blessed. 22 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,100 Is she who believed that? The promise made her by the Lord 23 00:01:21,100 --> 00:01:26,600 would be fulfilled. So let's start by thinking about 24 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,300 the context here, where in Luke chapter one. 25 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:32,300 About halfway through that big chapter, where Luke tells us 26 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:35,300 quite a lot of the background of the birth of both Jesus, and 27 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:38,000 John the Baptist. So, what's the context? 28 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,600 Well, just prior to this Mary, has found out that Elizabeth is 29 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,200 pregnant and also, Mary herself has found out that she'll be 30 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,400 pregnant and that, of course, happens in the famous 31 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:50,500 Annunciation scene. So if you want to hear an 32 00:01:50,500 --> 00:01:55,000 exegesis of the Annunciation scene verses 26 to 38, it's add 33 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,800 several times in the liturgical year. 34 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,300 So December 20th every year and then the solemnity of the 35 00:02:00,300 --> 00:02:02,600 Annunciation. It's red and then it's red on 36 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,600 the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, as well, so that's 37 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,600 one of the most common readings in the lectionary but now we get 38 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,800 to verse 39 today. So Mary has found out that 39 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:20,500 Elizabeth is pregnant so she sets out to go find Elizabeth At 40 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:24,300 the time of leaving, maid Mary is either not yet pregnant or 41 00:02:24,300 --> 00:02:27,100 has just become pregnant. It's not entirely clear when 42 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:30,800 Mary has when Mary herself gets pregnant but certainly Elizabeth 43 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,100 is pregnant. That's why Mary leaves to go 44 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:37,200 visit Elizabeth in her pregnancy and the text says she goes as 45 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,600 quickly as she can to a town in the Hill Country. 46 00:02:40,100 --> 00:02:43,800 So the text doesn't tell us where exactly Elizabeth and 47 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,900 Zachariah live. But there is a traditional site 48 00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:49,000 called Ein Karem and that is near Jerusalem. 49 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,200 So that would certainly fit the The description that we have 50 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,200 here. You can actually go there today 51 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,900 to the ruins of that Village and the place where they think 52 00:02:56,900 --> 00:02:59,100 Elizabeth may have lived. And I've actually been there, 53 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:00,600 it's quite a powerful experience. 54 00:03:01,900 --> 00:03:06,900 So I encourage him is a is near Jerusalem, and so that's helpful 55 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:08,800 for Zechariah. It's probably about five miles 56 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,000 from the temple. So, Zechariah works at the 57 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,600 temple. So it makes sense that he would 58 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:17,200 live in on Korean, which is just outside of Jerusalem, but Mary 59 00:03:17,300 --> 00:03:19,700 does not live anywhere near Jerusalem, Mary lives in 60 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:22,000 Nazareth. So for her to get to Elizabeth's 61 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,600 house from Nazareth to Ein, Karem, we're talking 90 miles. 62 00:03:25,900 --> 00:03:29,200 So she it's a five or six day walk for Mary to go visit 63 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:33,100 Elizabeth this time. She's Not accompanied by Joseph. 64 00:03:33,100 --> 00:03:35,800 As far as we know, Joseph might have been working at this time. 65 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,500 Still, but she probably did have, she was in a walking 66 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:41,700 Caravan of some kind. It was quite common for people 67 00:03:41,700 --> 00:03:44,400 to travel from Galilee down to Judea. 68 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,700 So she enters the house of Elizabeth and Zachariah and as 69 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:53,500 soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting the child left in her 70 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:57,600 womb so the child in Elizabeth's womb leaps when she hears Mary's 71 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,100 voice. So, the child in Elizabeth's 72 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:04,900 womb is, of course, John John senses, the voice of Mary, and 73 00:04:04,900 --> 00:04:09,600 leaps, for joy that fulfills what Gabriel said to Zechariah 74 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,700 earlier. Remember when Gabriel appears to 75 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:13,700 Zechariah. One of the things he says, is 76 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:17,300 your child, John will be filled with the spirit even from his 77 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:20,700 mother's womb. So that was in chapter verse 15 78 00:04:20,700 --> 00:04:24,100 of chapter one. And there's also other parallels 79 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:26,200 here all the way through this text, you'll see some Old 80 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,800 Testament echoes. Quite clear ones actually. 81 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,600 And this particular one where the child leaps in Elizabeth's 82 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,300 womb, this parallels the experience of Rebecca in Genesis 83 00:04:36,300 --> 00:04:38,800 25. So Rebecca is the mother of 84 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,600 Jacob and Esau. And in Genesis 25, the same 85 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,400 Greek word, therefore leap is used to describe her children 86 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,600 steering in her womb and interestingly in Rebecca's case, 87 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:53,600 the child, the children moving in her womb represented. 88 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,400 The fact that Jacob is going to outrank Esau, even though Jacob 89 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,600 was younger And here Elizabeth's experience when John Moves In 90 00:05:01,608 --> 00:05:05,200 the Womb, that is a sign that Jesus would be greater than his 91 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,100 older cousin John. As we see later in Luke 3, 16. 92 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:13,600 So interesting connections there with Rebecca, of course this has 93 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,300 implications of how we should think of unborn children as 94 00:05:16,300 --> 00:05:17,700 well. Because here we have children in 95 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:24,100 the womb responding to outside stimuli in a really interesting 96 00:05:24,100 --> 00:05:26,000 way. And so there's some implications 97 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,200 here about how we think about abortion and the issue. 98 00:05:28,300 --> 00:05:31,300 Is around that, it says Elizabeth was filled with the 99 00:05:31,300 --> 00:05:34,000 holy spirit, so notice that she's filled with the holy 100 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,800 spirit. It's a supernatural feeling. 101 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,600 So Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Spirit. 102 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,700 And she says, in verse 42, remember, she's basically being 103 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:44,100 inspired by the spirit here. Blessed. 104 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:47,200 Are you among women? Now, what it actually says there 105 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,800 in the Greek is, it's a superlative. 106 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,100 So Elizabeth says to Mary. Most Blessed Are You among 107 00:05:53,100 --> 00:05:54,900 women? Because of the special role. 108 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:57,900 God has given her and Elizabeth empowered by the spirit. 109 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,900 Is that Elizabeth here? Actually uses the same words 110 00:06:01,900 --> 00:06:04,500 that were spoken to the women, jail and Judith. 111 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:06,900 Some of the Lesser known characters in the Old Testament, 112 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,500 the women jail and Judith are in Judges chapter 5 and then Judges 113 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:14,700 chapter 13 fascinating parallel here because both women jail and 114 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:17,500 Judith. They became famous among the 115 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:21,600 Israelites because they killed the opposing enemy military 116 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,200 commanders by giving them a mortal blow to the Head. 117 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:28,500 Well, Mary is going to Bear a son, who will crush Satan's Head 118 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:31,500 as well, it specifically says that in Genesis 3, verse 15. 119 00:06:31,700 --> 00:06:34,600 So notice all these interesting parallels here with women in the 120 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,600 Old Testament. Clearly Mary here is being 121 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,800 presented by God as the Fulfillment of all of the female 122 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,600 archetypes in the Old Testament. Mary is like the perfect 123 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,600 Israelite woman. And Elizabeth says to Mary, 124 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,700 here, blessed, are you among women? 125 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:53,800 And blessed is the fruit of your womb. 126 00:06:53,900 --> 00:06:58,200 Of course, this is this comes through into the the Hail Mary 127 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,900 as well. When she says blessed is the 128 00:07:00,900 --> 00:07:03,700 fruit of your womb, their base can basically means blessed is 129 00:07:03,700 --> 00:07:08,300 your son Jesus and that tells us probably that Mary is pregnant 130 00:07:08,300 --> 00:07:12,000 by this point. When she says blessed, she means 131 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,200 God has blessed. You, you have been blessed by 132 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,900 God verse 43. Why should I be honored with a 133 00:07:17,900 --> 00:07:19,800 visit from the mother of my Lord. 134 00:07:20,700 --> 00:07:22,900 Now, what it literally says there and this is a better 135 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:26,600 translation actually is. Why is this granted me that the 136 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,600 mother of my Lord should come to me. 137 00:07:29,300 --> 00:07:32,700 Now, notice the focus here is on Mary, not Jesus. 138 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:34,700 The mother of my Lord should come to me. 139 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,900 Now, there's lots of discussion here about the word, Lord, 140 00:07:37,900 --> 00:07:41,400 that's used here, because Lord can mean to Different things in 141 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,300 the Old Testament. Lord, usually means the king the 142 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:46,600 Earthly King. So Elizabeth here could mean 143 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:51,500 something like why should it be? Granted me that the mother of my 144 00:07:51,500 --> 00:07:54,800 Messianic King is coming to me and that would certainly fit. 145 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,400 However, there is another meaning of the word, Lord and 146 00:07:58,407 --> 00:08:02,000 most Catholics. And fact, most Christians have 147 00:08:02,008 --> 00:08:05,900 taken it to be Lord as in God. Because in New Testament times 148 00:08:05,900 --> 00:08:11,600 the Hebrew word yhw h often pronounced Yahweh, when that 149 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,400 comes over into Greek in the New Testament, it gets turned into 150 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:19,200 curiosity, which is Lord. So Lord can also mean God in the 151 00:08:19,207 --> 00:08:23,300 New Testament, and in fact, that's how Luke uses it 152 00:08:23,300 --> 00:08:25,500 throughout his gospel. All of the references to the 153 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:29,300 word, Lord, so far, in chapter 1 of Luke up to this point have 154 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:31,800 been about God. So it makes sense to say that 155 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:36,100 Elizabeth is probably thinking of God, and she is inspired by 156 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:39,600 the Holy Spirit, he remembers so she probably believes Jesus to 157 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,200 be God. God, if we're understanding this 158 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:47,400 correctly, This is the key text which informs the Catholic 159 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,300 understanding that Mary is the mother of God that is a Catholic 160 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:52,600 belief and Mother of God in Greek there. 161 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,700 The word is theotokos. This is the first Marian Dogma 162 00:08:56,700 --> 00:08:59,500 to be defined Catholics have lots of different Marian 163 00:08:59,500 --> 00:09:01,300 teachings of. This was the first one to be 164 00:09:01,300 --> 00:09:05,000 defined. Clearly in 431 ad at the Council 165 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,900 of Ephesus, the church taught that Mary is the mother of God. 166 00:09:09,900 --> 00:09:12,900 And it's based largely on this text here when Elizabeth says 167 00:09:13,300 --> 00:09:15,200 The mother of my Lord Has Come to Me. 168 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,400 Now, we're going to see some really interesting links here, 169 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,600 between the Ark of the Covenant in the Old Testament, and when 170 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,300 that arrived in Jerusalem. So, in the time of David, the 171 00:09:26,300 --> 00:09:29,100 Ark of the Covenant was brought up to Jerusalem and David's 172 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:31,000 celebrated. There's some interesting links 173 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:35,500 here between that scene in second, Samuel and the scene we 174 00:09:35,500 --> 00:09:38,100 have here. Let's have a look at a few 175 00:09:38,100 --> 00:09:40,700 fascinating parallels here. There really does seem to be a 176 00:09:40,700 --> 00:09:43,100 clear link here. God has set it up deliberately, 177 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:46,500 so that the scene we're looking at mirrors, the arrival of the 178 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,300 The Ark in Jerusalem. So in second Samuel 6 verse 2, 179 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,700 it says David arose and went to a village of Judah to retrieve 180 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:58,600 the ark. Well, here Mariah Rises and goes 181 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:03,000 to a village of Judah. In fact, Luke interestingly uses 182 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:07,200 the word Judah here, rather than the more common term in the time 183 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,000 of Luke was Judea. But here Luke says, Judah. 184 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,300 And he might be doing that deliberately to recall the line 185 00:10:13,300 --> 00:10:15,700 from 2nd Samuel where David goes up to Judah. 186 00:10:15,900 --> 00:10:18,600 So there's the first Slink second link between the scenes 187 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:22,300 in 2nd Samuel 6 verse 10. It says the Ark of the Lord 188 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:26,700 entered, the house will hear me re-enters the house in the 189 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:30,400 village of Judah. The thirdly second, Samuel 6 190 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,400 verse 15. It says the people of Israel 191 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:38,100 shout when the ark arrived and here Elizabeth shouts for Joy. 192 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:40,400 When Mary arrives interesting? Isn't it? 193 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:45,200 In fact, the word shout, which is Anna fineö, that would only 194 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:46,400 occurs here in the New Testament. 195 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,000 Assessment. It's never found anywhere else 196 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,300 in the New Testament, but that word is found in the Old 197 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:55,000 Testament and a fineö and it's always used in reference to 198 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,500 liturgical procession of the Ark interesting, isn't it? 199 00:10:58,500 --> 00:11:01,100 It really does seem like everything is pointing towards 200 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:06,400 this being a New Covenant Arc, Mary fourth similarity, when the 201 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,000 ark arrives to to David in Jerusalem. 202 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:14,000 David says how can the Ark of the Lord come to me here. 203 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,500 What is Elizabeth say? How is it that the mother of my 204 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,200 Lord has come to me. There's clearly got to be 205 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,300 something going on here next parallel. 206 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:24,300 It says David danced before the ark when it arrives second 207 00:11:24,300 --> 00:11:29,200 Samuel 6 verse 16 and here what is John do John leaps for Joy 208 00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:31,000 when the ark arrives in his house. 209 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,400 Also this is an interesting one. The ark stays in the house for 210 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:40,300 three months in Jerusalem. But here what is me redo? 211 00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:43,100 She stays in three months in the house of Elizabeth. 212 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:46,400 So, clearly the parallels here, it's pretty overwhelming. 213 00:11:46,500 --> 00:11:50,300 Whelming evidence that we're supposed to understand that Mary 214 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:54,300 is being portrayed as the New Covenant, the bearer of the New 215 00:11:54,300 --> 00:11:57,800 Covenant, the new arc. So God's Dwelling Place, which 216 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,400 in the old Covenant was literally the Ark of the 217 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,500 Covenant will. Now God's dwelling place is 218 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:06,900 literally Mary verse 45 blessed? Is she? 219 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:10,000 Who believed that there will be a fulfillment of what was spoken 220 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,500 to her from the Lord. So Elizabeth, he says, Mary is 221 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:17,600 blessed or happy more literally, because Believed in God's 222 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,400 promises unlike Zechariah. Who didn't believe God's 223 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:21,700 promises? If you remember? 224 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,800 So isn't it? So fascinating when you dive 225 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,400 into the text in this way you see all these new links. 226 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,400 Now there is more that happens in this scene but that's all our 227 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,600 lectionary covers today. So if you want to hear the next 228 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,800 section of text, that's The Magnificat when Mary says The 229 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,500 Magnificat. So that's read on December 22nd 230 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:42,300 every year which may be tomorrow based depending on when you're 231 00:12:42,300 --> 00:12:46,300 listening to this podcast, let's turn to the catechism and as it 232 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:47,600 is. Expect, there's a whole lot of 233 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,500 places where we see comments here on this interaction between 234 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:53,800 Mary and Elizabeth. So let's read a few of them. 235 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,900 Our paragraph 5 to 3. This is about John the Baptist 236 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:58,900 St. John the Baptist is the Lord's 237 00:12:58,900 --> 00:13:02,400 immediate precursor or Forerunner sent to prepare his 238 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:06,600 way prophet of the most high John surpasses, all the prophets 239 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,400 of whom he is the last. He inaugurates the gospel 240 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:14,200 already from his mother's womb, welcomes the coming of Christ. 241 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,400 So here or there you hear the mention of him welcoming Jesus, 242 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:22,000 even in the womb, which happened in today's reading again, 243 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:26,200 paragraph, 7, 1 7 is about John. The Baptist John was filled with 244 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,900 the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb, by Christ 245 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:32,400 himself, whom the Virgin. Mary had just conceived by the 246 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,600 Holy Spirit. Mary's visitation to Elizabeth. 247 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,700 Thus becomes a visit from God to his people. 248 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:43,800 Let's go to paragraph 2676 and 2677. 249 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,900 This is about being in communion with the holy mother of God, 250 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:50,700 blessed art thou among women. And blessed is the fruit of thy 251 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:53,100 womb. Jesus, after the Angels 252 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:57,000 greeting, we make Elizabeth's greeting our own filled with the 253 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,800 Holy Spirit. Elizabeth is the first in the 254 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:03,300 long six succession of generations who have called Mary 255 00:14:03,300 --> 00:14:07,500 blessed blessed is she who believed Mary is blessed among 256 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:10,800 women because she believed In the Fulfillment of the Lord's 257 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,800 word, Abraham because of his faith became a blessing for all 258 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:18,300 the nations of the earth. Mary, because of her faith 259 00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:21,800 became the mother of Believers through whom all nations of the 260 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:22,800 Earth. Receive him? 261 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,500 Who is God's Own blessing? Jesus, the fruit of thy womb, 262 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:31,300 holy Mary Mother of God with Elizabeth we Marvel. 263 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,000 And why is this granted me that the mother of my Lord should 264 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,800 come to me? So there we have the words of 265 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,700 the Hail Mary into woven with things. 266 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:45,000 We learn from today's passage in Luke 1 paragrah. 448 is about 267 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,400 the word Lord, at the prompting of the Holy Spirit of Lord, 268 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,900 expresses the recognition of the Divine, mystery of Jesus 269 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:57,600 paragraph 495 is about Mary's, Divine motherhood called in the 270 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,900 gospels. The mother of Jesus Mary is 271 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:02,900 acclaimed by Elizabeth at the prompting of the spirit. 272 00:15:02,900 --> 00:15:06,400 And even before the birth of her son, as the mother of my Lord, 273 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,500 In fact, the one whom she conceived as Man by the Holy 274 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:13,200 Spirit, who truly became her son. 275 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:17,200 According to the flesh was none, other than the father's Eternal 276 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,200 son. The second person of the Holy 277 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:23,700 Trinity, hence, the church confesses that Mary is truly 278 00:15:23,700 --> 00:15:29,600 Mother of God theotokos So, here we have information about the 279 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,400 Catholic teaching on the doctrine that Mary is the mother 280 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:33,700 of God. And it talks about it in 281 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:37,300 trinitarian terms, because Mary is the mother of the second 282 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:41,100 person of the Trinity she is by definition, the mother of God, 283 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:43,400 and you can have a look at the show notes to take a look at 284 00:15:43,408 --> 00:15:45,100 that paragraph. If you want more information 285 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:48,400 there, paragraph 148 is about blessed. 286 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,100 Is she who believed Elizabeth greeted? 287 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:53,500 Her blessed. Is she who believed that there 288 00:15:53,500 --> 00:15:56,700 would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord? 289 00:15:56,900 --> 00:15:59,100 Hard. It is for this faith, that all 290 00:15:59,100 --> 00:16:01,700 generations, have called Mary blessed. 291 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:04,400 So we'll leave it there for today. 292 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,100 I hope you have learned something new about this text 293 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:09,300 and hopefully you tune in again tomorrow.