MAY THE MONTH OF MARY-May 31st is The Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth shortly after the Annunciation; Which brought about the cleansing of John the Baptist from original sin in the womb of his mother at the words of Our Lady's greeting; Elizabeth's proclaiming of Mary, under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost as Mother of God and "blessed among women"; Mary's singing of the hymn Magnificat, which has become a part of the daily official prayer of the Church. Todays Mass salutes her who, in her womb bore the King of heaven and earth, the Creator of the world, the Son of the Eternal Father, the Sun of Justice. Imagine the rush of warmth and kindness, the sudden urgency of love that sent Mary hurrying over the hills to help. Those days when she acted on that impulse, were the days in which Christ was being formed in her, so the impulse was his impulse. Mary, as the first Tabernacle of our Lord, greeted her cousin Elizabeth, and at the sound of her voice, John leapt for joy in his mother's womb. Hearing herself addressed by the loftiest title of "Mother of the Lord" and realizing what grace her visit had conferred on John, Mary broke out into the Magnificat,, a canticle of praise proclaiming that she would be venerated down through the centuries: “My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me, and holy is His name" (Luke 1:39-56) At Communion we also become a tabernacle of the Lord, what will our impulse be.