Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows – 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31a; John 19:25-27
There’s a church I once visited on holiday in Poland. In one side chapel stood a statue of Our Lady of Sorrows; opposite it, a chapel where the Blessed Sacrament was exposed. It was very clear where the true centre of that church was – Jesus, present in the Eucharist.
And yet, that little chapel of Our Lady had its own quiet power. People, especially mothers, would come there after hearing of the death of a son – through accident, illness, or violence. You could almost feel how many tears had been shed in that place.
Mary knows pain. She stood at the foot of the Cross and watched her Son die in agony. And Jesus knows pain. Scripture tells us that “with loud cries and tears he offered up prayers and supplications” and that “although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.”
Maybe it’s just me – but in suffering, it feels easier to speak with someone who has truly suffered.
At the tabernacle we are never speaking to a distant God but a Saviour who has bled and at the foot of the Cross we are speaking to a Mother who has wept.
In your sorrow, you are understood. And you are not alone.
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