Perhaps to get away from the village gossips of Nazareth, Mary goes to stay with her older relative Elizabeth in the hill country – and Elizabeth’s unborn son, himself a miraculous gift from God, recognises the one whose way he will prepare. If there’s something that’s troubling you today, to whom can you go, who will understand what you’re going through? Why not visit them or phone them?
Random and occasional thoughts from South Manchester
Nick Watson 