The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary recalls the Virgin Mary's visit to her cousin, Elizabeth. The meeting of these two women was a joyous and one-of-a-kind occasion. This was the first time Mary publicly exercised her role as Mediator of the Son of God. Mary generously accepted to mediate the Incarnation. During the visit, Jesus' presence in Mary's womb radiated outward to Elizabeth and her child, Jesus' cousin John, leaped for joy inside his mother. Elizabeth reacted with graceful words to Mary, "Blessed are you among women, and Blessed is the fruit of thy womb." The Visitation is one of the sources of the prayer of the Hail Mary.