{"id":2233,"date":"2017-11-05T08:16:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T13:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=2233"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:06:41","slug":"st-elizabeth-feast-day-november-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/st-elizabeth-feast-day-november-5","title":{"rendered":"St. Elizabeth (Feast Day – November 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Feast of St. Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist.<\/p>\n

According to the Gospel of Luke, Elizabeth had lived a blameless life with her husband in one of the hill-towns of Judea. Having reached an advanced age with her prayers for a son unanswered, she thought that her barrenness was a reproach. One day, while Zachary was serving in the temple, the Angel Gabriel appeared at the right of the altar, and announced that a son would be born to Elizabeth. It was in the sixth month of her pregnancy that the Virgin Mary came to visit her.<\/p>\n

The Virgin Mary, eager to share in Elizabeth’s happiness and to confide that she too would bear a child, traveled down the dusty road from Nazareth. On Mary’s arrival, she was amazed when Elizabeth, having foreseen knowledge, greeted her as “mother of my Lord.” Elizabeth’s salutation was in these words: “Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And how have I deserved that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, the moment that the sound of thy greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leapt for joy. And blessed is she who has believed, because the things promised her by the Lord shall be accomplished.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Feast of St. Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist. According to the Gospel of Luke, Elizabeth had lived a blameless life with her husband in one of the hill-towns of Judea. Having reached an advanced age with her prayers for a son unanswered, she thought that her barrenness was a reproach. 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