"Our Lady of Sorrows"

John 19:25-27

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. 

Reflection:

Today is the memorial of "Our Lady of Sorrow" given to the mother of Jesus (Mary) who is in deep sorrow and pain seeing her son on the cross.

I am inviting all my friends to reflect on Mary's sorrow at the foot of the cross of Jesus. And Jesus upon seeing Mary uttered this words "Woman, behold, your son" and "Son behold, your mother." This portrays Jesus' love to his mother and that he entrusted his mother to John the beloved who journeyed with him even at the foot of the cross. We see Mary's down moments and pain but with her acceptance to the mercy and love of God she surrendered everything even her son (Jesus).

I thank my mother and all the mothers who really took time to take care of their children and love them to the fullest. I thank all the mothers who bears all the pain just to provide our needs. How painful it is to see her son dying and hanged in the cross but she endured it for our redemption and salvation. We see how important is the role of our mothers even in our conception. They give us inspiration and we give them in return the true love.

The challenged for us in today's gospel is to love our parents, love our mothers. We should give them time to rest and we should spent time with them. Just like Jesus, he assured that Mary will be fine even without him on her side. May we also value our mothers and assure them of our love and prayers.

I now exhort to love more and more our mothers who first feel the pain like Mary before us. May the qualities of Mary be our guide of loving others.