WE DON’T VISIT OURSELVES (Visitation of Mary 31/5/2022)
We are brothers and sisters yet we don’t visit ourselves, even to call is a problem. We are in the same Church yet we only visit when there is a bad news of death. Some dont even visit even when one is sick or bereaved. Let us learn from Mary.
Visitation I’m scriptures brought good news. Look at the visit of Angel Gabriel to Mary, she was conceived by the Holy Spirit. Angel Gabriel visited Zechariah; Don’t be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer. Your wife Elizabeth will have a son, and you will name him John.” When he visited Jesus at his trial he strengthened him.
The Church celebrates the visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth. We have so much to learn from this visit. First of all, we must learn to visit our loved ones. We must learn to visit those in need, the sick, the aged and the lonely.
Again, at that visit, Elizabeth was filled with Joy. Beloved, pleasantries bring so much joy. The first reading calls us to rejoice for the Lord has visited us. Let us extend this joy to those around us as Jesus visits us daily in the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
When God is in the midst of people, He saves (Zephaniah 3:17). God visited Abraham and turned him into a trans-generational blessing (Genesis 12:1-3). God visited Isaac (Genesis 26:1-14). That visitation turned him to the envy of the civilized world.
God desire to be with us and so he came into our world at the incarnation. The Bible calls him, Emmanuel – God with us. Even after his departure, he visited us again in the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. In every visit he left us with joy, healing, restoration and salvation (Luke1:68). PS. 65:9 says “You visit the earth and cause it to overflow; You greatly enrich it…” Visitation brings about overflow.
Let us learn to visit ourselves, learn to strengthen a brother whether sick or healthy. Lastly, let us learn to visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. If you want God to visit you, visit him in the Blessed Sacrament.
LET US PRAY
Father by reasons of visit you changed our world, visit us again at penetcost and renew our hearts. Amen.
Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai
