The Archdiocese of Milwaukee celebrated the Visitation, which commemorates Mary visiting her cousin while pregnant with Jesus.

“We encourage you to read today’s beautiful Gospel from Luke, which describes the wonderful encounter between Mary and Elizabeth as they learn that new life grows inside one another!” the archdiocese posted on Facebook. “Let us pray for both of them today.” 

Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary each year on May 31, according to Britannica. The Visitation, which is recorded in the Gospel of Luke, describes Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth while pregnant with Jesus. Elizabeth was pregnant with Saint John the Baptist, and when Mary spoke, Elizabeth felt John "leap in her womb.” 

The Visitation is a celebration of Mary's humility and her willingness to be used in accordance with God's will, according to The Basilica of the National Shrine. Pope Benedict XVI said of the feast day, "Let us bring the same sentiments of praise and thanksgiving of Mary to the Lord, her faith and her hope, her docile abandonment in the hands of Divine Providence. May we imitate her example of readiness and generosity in the service of our brethren. Indeed, only by accepting God’s love and making of our existence a selfless and generous service to our neighbor, can we joyfully lift a song of praise to the Lord.” 

Pope Francis said in a tweet, "Mary’s faith is prophetic. By her very life, Mary is a prophetic sign pointing to God’s presence in human history, his merciful intervention that confounds the logic of the world, lifts up the lowly and casts down the mighty (Lk 1:52). #Visitation”