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During those days 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 upon his handmaid's lowliness; behold, from now on will all
ages call me blessed. The Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
(Luke 1:39-49)
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