May 17: Mary the sorrowing mother
“Our Lady is there listening to the words of her Son, united to him in his suffering, when he cried out, ‘My god, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ What could she do? She united herself fully with the redemptive love of her Son and offered to the Father her immense sorrow, which pierced her pure heart like a sharp-edged sword.” (“Mother of God and Our Mother”, Friends of God, 288)
Let us offer our Mother today: The mortification of keeping quiet about any pain or discomfort, any inconvenience or disappointment, uniting it with her pain as she stood by her crucified Son.
*Taken from The Handbook of Prayers, Woodridge, IL: MidWest Theological Forum, 1992 – 2011( in the section Marian Readings). This section of the Handbook of Prayers takes exerpts from homilies of St. Josemaria Escriva in Christ is Passing By and Friends of God, Princeton, N.J.:Scepter Publications, 1968/1973.
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