Charity prompts Mary to visit her cousin Elizabeth in the hour
of her need. Ah, how the loving heart of our dear Mother
anticipates the words of her Divine Son: "By this shall all men
know that you are My disciples, that you have love one for
another."
"I was sick and in prison and you did visit Me," says our
Saviour. And He calls those specially blessed of His Father who
shall feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and bring comfort to
those that mourn. Wheresoever we move on earth let us, by kindly
word and sympathetic action, bring a warm breath of heavenly
charity.
O Mary, sweet Mother of charity, teach us to be kind; and for
the sake of Christ to lighten the burden of Christ's least
brethren!
Third Joyful Mystery:
"The Nativity"
"And she brought forth her first-born Son, and wrapped Him in
swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was
no room for them in the inn."--(St. Luke, II, 7.)