“For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby leapt for joy in my womb”

(Luke 1:44)

The joy of Mary and Elizabeth is real, for it springs from the knowledge that soon Jesus will come.

Contagious joy: it sends us on our way, joy we can’t keep to ourselves—it leads us forth, one into another, certain that something good is going to happen very soon for all.