Mary, Mother of Sorrows

Mary, Mother of Sorrows: The Fifth Sorrow, Mary Standing beneath the Cross of Jesus—In her sorrow, Mary hears Jesus says: “Woman, behold your Son” and to John  “Son, behold your mother.”  It was as if Jesus had said: “Woman, you are now to be the mother of all humankind.  Your role in carrying out my Father’s will  is changing. Now, your mission is to all people.  You are to do for them what you have done for Me: taught  me to say “yes” to my Father’s will just as you had done, challenged me at Cana to step up to the plate and reveal my true identity: my power to make a difference; to  proclaim the presence of the Kingdom of my Father by healing the deaf, the blind and the crippled; to forgive sins, raise the dead to life, confront sin and proclaim salvation, though doing these things would bring me into conflict with the powers that be and would ultimately lead to my death.  You taught me to do my Father’s work no matter what the consequences might be.  You need to teach every man and woman to do the same: to work to build up the Kingdom even when it brings them into conflict with human authority, even though standing up for Truth will lead to ridicule, suspicion, rejection and  death--death to the ego, death to fear, death to deceitfulness, death to pride—and ‘yes’ even, in some cases, physical death.”

 To what do I need to die in order to embrace the brotherhood/sisterhood of all humankind and, together, make this world what God intends it to be: a place where all are respected, all are made whole, and peace and justice reign; in short, where sin has no more power to destroy?