The Pure and Holy Sorrows of Mary

Greetings in Jesus and Mary....

Tomorrow is the Feast of the Sorrows of Mary. This is a day given to us in the Church to meditate on what Our Lady went through as we enter into Holy Week and meditate on the Passion and Death of Her Son. Below, I have taken thoughts and paraphrased from the writings of Rev. Reginald Garrigou-LaGrange and his book, “The Love of God and the Cross of Jesus”…...

If one wants to know how far suffering caused by sins can go, look to the Heart of the Blessed Mother. Her sorrow is measured by Her love for God, for Jesus and for souls. The greatest saints who made great reparation for the sins of the world do not compare in merit to the Heart of Mary. She was created full of grace far surpassing the grace of all the saints and angels combined. Our Blessed Mother surpassed all other souls in charity from the moment of Her conception because She was conceived Immaculate and full of grace! It is hard to imagine that we are all created to give God glory but fall short. His entire creation gives glory...the stars, the moon, the sun, the planets, all living beings on earth. We should all be beaming with love for God YET many souls which are so precious to Him…..turn aside from God and do not EVER love Him. More than that many blaspheme Him, are cold to Him, are indifferent to Him and sin against Him their entire lives.

When we meditate on the sufferings of Christ in His entire Passion from the Agony in the Garden to the Crucifixion; we can also meditate on the love Our Blessed Mother had for Her Son and how She keenly felt all of His pain both physical and spiritual because of Her perfect soul and because She was so united to the Will of God. We can honestly say that She suffered more keenly than any stigmatist has ever suffered. Mary became the Queen of Martyrs because, after Jesus, She has endured the greatest martyrdom in Her Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. Because of Her Immaculate Heart, She acquired more merit by Her simplest actions than all the martyrs achieved by their most difficult and painful deeds. How then can we ever estimate the value of Mary’s compassion and sufferings at the foot of the cross? How can anyone ever imagine that She is NOT the Co-Redemptrix of the human race??? Can any human deny this? Very sad to say, those who do not know of the Passion of Jesus and the Passion of Mary at the foot of the cross can deny this!

Mary at the foot of the cross gave Her fiat just as She did at the Annunciation. In union with Her Son, She TOO became a victim for us, a victim conscious of the gravity of the offenses to be expiated, a victim of boundless generosity, not only giving Her whole self BUT offering Her only Son….so much dearer to Her than life itself! Because Mary was so pure and immaculate and with no need for reparation for Herself, She was an absolute innocent victim who offered to God expiation all the more acceptable to Him and profitable for mankind. Her whole spiritual treasure has become ours….the Church’s treasure where we can obtain its fruits and indulgences.

Mary bore the pains of spiritual childbirth when Jesus confided to Her the motherhood of our race in the person of St. John: “Son,” said Jesus to John, “behold your Mother,” and to Mary, “Woman, behold your son.” Mary no longer physically suffers in Heaven but is continually praying for us...Her children. She is our Queen and our Mother and will help each and every child here on earth who reaches out to Her. It is a condition to receive Her help that She receive our prayers for ourselves and the entire world. Our prayers are critical for Her to be a true Mother and be able to help more children. It is only through our prayer and sacrifice that She can help us. All the graces that She obtains from God, She dispenses to Her children….thus becoming the Mediatrix of All Graces. Can anyone deny this title to Her??? Looks like some ignorant of these facts can.

We can conclude that having a true devotion to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary means that we are predestined to Heaven. Why? Mary will see to it that we repent of our sins before death and that we not only do that but serve Her as Her children by offering our prayers and sacrifices for the sins of others as well….thus bringing to Heaven more souls to please the Heart of Jesus. May we live our consecration to Jesus through Mary by doing all in imitation of Her and begging Her to show us the way to Jesus and to guide us to His Most Sacred Heart. Who better knows this way to His Heart than the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. She has been completely united to Him in ALL OF HIS SORROWS….making Her both Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix of All Graces.

ADDED THOUGHT....
One of my favorite meditations is...NOT ONLY the fact that The Heavenly Father created Mary for Jesus to be born into this world and to die on the cross for our sins BUT it is also amazing and beautiful that Mary is THE ONLY SOUL that has fulfilled the true Will of God perfectly by being united to Him ALWAYS. She has also given constant PURE ADORATION to God where all other humans fail...and even if we do adore...it is not as perfect as the Adoration coming from Our Queen and Mother. It is an amazing thought that at least ONE SOUL HAS LOVED GOD AS IT WAS INTENDED TO...BUT it is also a great sorrow that we as a human race fall short and are so very imperfect..and even if the ENTIRE human race were to fail....The Most Holy Trinity has MARY!!!!!...We must remember while still on this earth..... we EACH have a free will to offer God more...can we offer Him more??….Holy Mother Mary, help us to love God with Your Heart!!​

Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!

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