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old age, because nothing is impossible with God." Then Mary said, ''Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word.'' And the angel departed from her.
The knowledge that she was to be the mother of T God lled the heart of Mary with happiness, but she Visitation did not forget the great joy that had come to Eliza-
beth. She set out th haste on the long journey from Nazareth to Ain-Karem to visit her cousin. It was a journey of four or ve days and it is probable that
she made it on foot.
Entering the house of Zachary, she greeted Eliza beth a ectionately. In that moment the Holy Ghost
