Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home — the three months places Mary's return just before or at the time of John's birth. The quiet domestic stay communicates the ordinary human context in which the extraordinary divine action takes place. Mary returns home carrying the Son of God, having spent three months with Elizabeth, both women bearing children of miraculous origin, both waiting for the births that will change everything.

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