Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows

 Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0915-memorial-our-lady-sorrows.cfm

Today the Church brings to mind the image of Mary – Our Lady of Sorrows, and today’s Gospel Reading (Jn 19:25-27) is the telling of perhaps the most sorrowful and poignant moments of Mary’s life; the death of her son (Jesus) on the Cross.

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

At times in our life, perhaps many times, when confronted with the mystery of suffering or injustice, or being with someone as they waver of the doorstep between this life and the next, our only response can be that of Mary at the foot of Cross: A faithful, silent, certain presence in the face of all else.

Today we ask Our Lady of Sorrows to journey with those in such circumstance, and to present them with a mother’s love to her Son.