“In those days Mary departed and hastened to the mountainous region, to a city of Judah. She entered Zacharie's house and greeted Elisabeth. And it happened, as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the child quivered in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Then she cried out with a loud cry and said: "Blessed art thou among women, and blessed the fruit of thy womb! And how is it given to me that the mother of my Lord come to me? For, do you see, from the moment your greeting struck my ears, the child leaped for joy in my womb. Yes, blessed is she who believed in the fulfillment of what was said to her from the Lord!