In today's Gospel we learn about how Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth who is also expecting a baby - John the Baptist. When Mary approaches, John leaps for joy in Elizabeth's tummy.
Father in Heaven we praise and glorify you. We thank you for bringing us together for this Children's Liturgy lesson. Please send us the Holy Spirit, fill us with peace, love and wisdom. Help us to understand the message you have for us today. Help us to be like baby John, and be filled with joy this Christmas while remembering the birth of Jesus, who came to redeem us all, so we could have access to you in Heaven. We ask this in Jesus's name. Amen.
Mary set outand 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, “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 Lordwould be fulfilled.”
Source: Catholic Kids Media. Dec 17, 2024. Messiah! Advent 4C. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Zk2EDWw5s
Source: Mary visit cousin Elizabeth to help her in her pregnancy
Father in Heaven, thank you for the story of Mary and Elizabeth. Help us to also be filled with joy at the thought of Jesus coming to us at Christmas time. Help us to celebrate this with others by being helpful and considerate to our friends and family while we celebrate. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
