St Bernardine describes this third word as a "flame of _communicating_ love" (_flamma amoris communicantis_.) No sooner has Mary become "the Mother of fair love" than she wants to communicate that love to others--not to communicate her secret--no, of that she does not speak--but to let the flame of love, which is burning within her, reach others also. So it is not Mary only, but JESUS within her, Who "makes haste" to go into the "hill country." He is in a hurry to begin His work. It is JESUS, Divine Love, Who enters into the house of Zachary and salutes Elizabeth. It is the Heart of JESUS, burning already with love for sinners, which speaks to the heart of John. It is because GOD, Who for love of us men became incarnate, is communicating that love to her, that Elizabeth is able to grasp so clearly the mysteries by which she is surrounded. Ah, yes, Mary's third word is indeed one of communicating love, because she communicates to all around her, JESUS, Who is love. O Mother of fair love, why do the poor banished children of Eve so continually turn to thee? Is it not just because of this flame of communicating love? Is it not because they know that to go to Mary is to go to JESUS; that when they appeal to the heart of Mary it is the Heart of JESUS which answers through her; that her chief work is to communicate His love to them? Three months Mary abode in Zachary's house, and all that time the flame of communicating love abode there too, burning ever more brightly within her. What a privilege for the house of Zachary! We read in Sacred History that once "the Ark of the Lord abode in the house of Obededom the Gethite for three months; and the Lord blessed Obededom and all his household." (2 Kings vi. 11.) What then must have been the blessings bestowed on Zachary's household, while Mary the "Ark of the Covenant" abode there! "_Foederis arca, ora pro nobis._" Pray that we too may get the blessings of those who receive thee as their constant guest. But Mary is my example. Is there anything in which I can copy her in her visit to her cousin Elizabeth? Let me make a self-examination on a few points suggested by this meditation. Am I in _haste_ to perform acts of charity, especially when the request for them comes at inconvenient moments? Do I always take JESUS with me when I go to visit my friends? Do those whom I visit feel that I create an atmosphere--an atmosphere which makes them more ready to bless JESUS and Mary? These things can only be so by my having a flame of communicating love within me. Where can I get it? At each communion, when JESUS comes to me in the Sacrament of His Love. And if I put no hindrance in His way, He will communicate Himself to others through me. Let me, then, aim at being a Christ-bearer. "Glorify and bear Christ in your body." (1 Cor. vi. 20.) It is often through His children that JESUS does His work in the world, and communicates His love to others. _Colloquy_ with our Lady.