Our Lady of Sorrows

    Sorrowful Mother

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 15 is the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. When Mary and Joseph presented the infant Jesus in the temple, an old man, Simeon, told Mary:  Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted and you yourself a sword will pierce so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.  Tradition holds that seven sorrows pierced Mary's heart in the course of her life with her Son: 1) Simeon's prophecy in the temple (Luke 2:34)   2) the Holy Family's flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13)   3) Joseph and Mary losing the young Jesus for three days  (Luke 2:43)   4) Mary meeting Jesus as he carried his Cross (Luke 23:26)   5) Mary standing at the foot of the Cross (John 19:25)   6) Jesus being taken down from the cross and placed in Mary's arms (Matthew 27:57)   7: the burial of Jesus in the tomb (John 19:40) 

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 Lord,