And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke with a loud voice, and said: Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.

And the angel came into her presence, and said: Hail, graciously accepted: the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women.

And blessed is she who believed; for there shall be a fulfillment of the things which were spoken to her from the Lord.

for he has looked upon the lowly condition of his handmaid. For, behold, from this time, all generations shall call me blessed;

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people;

he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and said:

And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign to be spoken against,