# 5289 Cactus Flower Silhouette

Blessed Art Thou

A single cholla flower opens in the soft filtered morning light under a mesquite tree.

In the bloom a silhouette of a vailed woman appears to be in prayer, her shadow captured on the pedals of the flower cup.

Then lady spoke as a voice in the wilderness.

“Tell them about my Son”

Luke 1, 41-42

And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost.

And she spoke out with a loud voice, say, blessed art thou, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Amen.