. ♪ ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ the right hand of godp ♪ ♪ the hand of the lord has triumphed ♪ ♪ i shall never die ♪ i shall leave telling god's deeds ♪ ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah >> my sisters and my brothers the lord be with you. >> and also with you. >> our reading is from the holy gospel according to st. luke. >> the lord be to you oh, lord. >> mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste. to a town of judah where she entered the house of zachariah and greeted elizabeth. when elizabeth heard mary's greeting the infant leapt in her wound and elizabeth filled with the holy spirit cried out in a loud invoice and said, blessed are you among women. blessed is the fruit of your wound. and how does this happen to me? that the mother of my lord should come to me? for at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leapt for gyre. -- joy. blessed are you who believed. that what has been spoken to you by the lord would be fulfilled. and mary said, my soul proclaims the greatness