Feast of Our Lady of sorrows is September 15th...The prophet Simeon Said Unto her that a sword of suffering would pierce her heart
Virgin Mary…Our Lady had many great joys as the mother of
Jesus, but she had much to suffer, too. Feast of Our Lady of sorrows is
September 15th. Her great love for her divine Son caused Mary to
suffer when she saw Jesus treated cruelly by his enemies.
Mary is the queen of martyrs because she went through spiritual
torments greater than the bodily agonies of the martyrs. Her heart was like an
altar when on Calvary she offered up her beloved Jesus to save us. What a
terrible suffering it was for so loving a mother to see her Son die on the
cross. There are seven times of great suffering in Mary's life.
Firstly was when she
took Baby Jesus to the temple. There the prophet Simeon told her that a sword
of suffering would pierce her heart. This would be when Jesus would be put to
death. Her second sorrow was when she and St. Joseph had to flee to Egypt with
Jesus. Herod's soldiers were trying to kill him. The third suffering came when
Mary searched three days in Jerusalem for Jesus. She finally found him in the
temple.
Our Lady's fourth sorrow was when Jesus was whipped and
crowned with thorns. Her fifth great pain was caused by his being lifted on the
cross, where he died after three hours of agony. Mary's sixth sorrow was the
moment when Our Lord's sacred body was placed in her arms. And her seventh
suffering came when he was buried in the tomb. Mary did not pity herself or
complain because she had to suffer so much during her life. Instead, she
offered her sorrows to God for our sakes.
She is Our Mother. Because she loves us dearly, she was
happy to suffer that we might someday share her joy with Jesus in heaven. In
honor of Our Lady of Sorrows, today we can offer up some little sacrifice
without complaining.
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