Today, we Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, celebrate the Feast of the Sorrowful. Mary, our Mother, stands beneath the cross of her dying Son. Imagine a mother beholding her son being crucified, a death preceded by a scourging that, in some cases, causes death itself. The pain and the loss of blood from the blades in the whips cutting through the flesh is horrendous.Flesh is torn away from the body. Mary saw her sons bleeding body nailed to the cross, His head crowned with thorns, mocking Jesus as King of the Jews! When Mary presented the child Jesus in the Temple shortly after His birth, the prophet Simeon prophesied that a sword would pierce Mary's heart. This is the fulfillment of that prophecy.
Strong in her faith, Mary, with her Son, surrenders to what is happening to her Son, who in turn surrenders His life to the Father, offering His death for our sake! Mary supports Jesus in his pain, as she also supports us, stands by us, and teaches us to let go and trust that God is with us in our sufferings, as He was there for His Incarnate Son.
May you and I stand with others in their pain, give them our support, and, with them, surrender to that over which they have no control, especially when, in death, they are returning to their home in heaven!
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