Today’s reading falls on a Holy Day of Obligation—Mary’s Assumption into Heaven. It is one of three feasts where we recognize Mary and her relationship to our faith. Today’s feast, and the Gospel that accompanies it, takes place in the moments after the Angel Gabriel tells Mary she is to give birth to Jesus, the Son of God.

During the days that followed the encounter, Mary traveled to visit her cousin, Elizabeth. In the passage prior to today’s Gospel, we hear the Angel Gabriel tell Mary that Elizabeth, a woman believed to be barren, would also give birth to a child.

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