Category: our lady of sorrows
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Behold Your Mother
SOMETHING FR Vincent said in his homily last night… Jesus says to John, behold your mother. The Church has taught that at that moment Jesus was speaking to all of us, that Mary is our mother. But there’s more. For we are the Body of Christ, commanded to carry our cross. This cross is not…
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Sorrowful Mysteries of Virtue (repost)
DURING THE SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE (ascesis, podvig, jihad) to acquire the virtues there are three opponents that must be defeated: the world, the flesh, and the devil. In the course of this battle, the self is also conquered, but it cannot be so until the other three are defeated. Of course none of these can be…
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At the Cross her Station Keeping
+ JMJ Today’s readings: 1 Timothy 1:1-2, 12-14 John 19:25-27 “Behold, your mother.” After the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (yesterday) comes the commemoration of Our Lady of Sorrows, noting, as St Simeon prophesied, a sword has pierced Our Lady’s heart. Mary stands at the foot of the cross experiencing loss, a…
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