Feast of the VISITATION
May 31
Blessed is she who believed that what the Lord
has said would be fulfilled. ~ Luke 1:45
"O noble Virgin, truly you are greater than any other greatness.
For who is your equal in greatness, O dwelling place of God the Word?
To whom among all creatures shall I compare you, O Virgin?
You are greater than them all, O Ark
with purity instead of gold! You are the Ark
the golden vessel containing the true manna, that is,
the flesh in which Divinity resides." ~ St Athanasius