In the story of the Visitation, Mary responds to her encounter with God by reaching out to help someone in need. She hastens to serve Elizabeth. She moves from contemplative nonviolence to active nonviolence.
For Dorothy [Day], active nonviolence is the flip side of contemplative nonviolence. She insisted on the Church's "works of mercy" as well as the works of prayer and the works of justice.
— John Dear, Mary of Nazareth, Prophet of Peace