In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
Surely you have granted him unending blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.
You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever.
The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed,
“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
“Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.