The Visitation, James B. Janknegt, 2007, oil on canvas
In his homily this morning for the Feast of the Visitation,
Pope Francis preached about joy and praise. The Holy Spirit is the
"author" of Christian joy, he said, and to proclaim the Gospel we
need to have joy in our hearts gifted us by the Spirit of God. The model of
this praise, and this joy, is the Mother of Jesus "The Church – recalled
Pope Francis – calls her the" cause of our joy, "Cause Nostrae
Letitiae. Why? Because she brings the greatest joy that is Jesus ":
"We need to pray to Our Lady, so that bringing Jesus give us the grace of
joy, the joy of freedom. That it give us the grace to praise, to praise with a
prayer of gratuitous praise, because He is worthy of praise, always. Pray to
Our Lady and say to her what the Church says:Veni, Precelsa Domina, Maria, tu
nos visita, Lady, thou who art so great, visit us and give us joy. "
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