Our Lady of Sorrows
Saint: Saint Mirin (565-620)
Readings of the Day
Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 2:33-40 Qualities of the Abbot
Mass: Heb 5:7-9; Resp Ps 31 or 1 Cor 15:1-11; Resp Ps 118; Sabat Mater Sequence; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35
Through Her heart, His sorrow sharing.
MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,
MARY, COMFORT OF THE SORROWFUL,
PRAY FOR US.
Son though He was, He learned obedience from what He suffered; and when He was made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him.
(Heb 5:8-9)
We suffer in heart and body, through our own suffering, and united with others in theirs. Mary, Mother of Jesus, knew a thing or two about suffering. Go to Mary, "mournful mother weeping, close to Jesus to the last," she "beheld her tender Child." Mary will hold you. O sweet Mother! Font of love, Touch my spirit from above, Make my heart with yours accord. And we pray for all mothers, especially those who grieve the death of their child.
Truly, O blessed Mother, a sword has pierced you heart. For only by passing through your heart could the sword enter the flesh of your Son ...
He died in body through a love greater than anyone had known. She died in spirit through a love unlike any other since His.
(From a sermon by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot, in Office of Readings, September 15)
In this month of September, devoted to Our Lady of Sorrows, pray with the Litany of the Sorrowful Mother. Mother of Our Savior Crucified, pray for us.
SAINT MIRIN,
PRAY FOR US.
Today's image: Mother Do Not Mourn For Me, through the hand of Sister Suzanne, ocso.
© Gertrude Feick 2022
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