S12E4: The Visitation and Our Preparation

Today's Daily Decade, for the Feast of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows and the first Monday in Lent, offers prayers for Jack, his return to the Faith and healing of heart and mind. We beg the intercession of St. Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower of Jesus, for childlike faith and the warming of love that has grown cold. Today's reflection considers the Blessed Virgin's decision to leave Galilee and go to her cousin's house in Judah to tend to Elizabeth and share Elizabeth's isolation for the remaining 3 months of her pregnancy, preparing the way for St. John as St. John would prepare the way for her Son, Our Lord Jesus.