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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Our Lady of Sorrows
DESCRIPTION:TEARS OF LOVE \nFrom the Sequence “Stabat Mater” attributed to Jacopo da Todi \n◊◊◊ \nThe sorrowful mother was standing in tears beside the cross on which her \nSon was hanging. Her soul was full of grief and anguish and sorrow\, for the \nsword of prophecy pierced it. \nHow sad now and how unhappy at the fate of her only Son was that \nmother\, once called blessed; how the faithful mother grieved and lamented as \nshe saw her glorious Son so shamefully treated. \nWho is there who would not weep\, were he to see Christ’s mother in such \ngreat suffering? Or who could help feeling sympathy with the mother\, were he to \nthink of her sorrowing with her Son? \nYet she actually saw Jesus in agony and broken by the scourging – and \nthis because of the sins of her own people. She saw her dear Son all the time he \nwas dying and abandoned until he yielded up his soul. \nCome then\, mother\, from whom all love springs\, make me understand the \nmeaning of your sorrow that I may mourn with you. Make my heart burn with \nlove of Christ\, my God\, that he may look on me with favor. \nHoly mother\, do this for me. Pierce my heart once and forever with the \nwounds of your crucified Son. Let me share with you the pain of your Son’s \nwounds\, for he thought it right to bear such sufferings for me. \nGrant that my tears of love may mingle with yours and that\, as long as I \nlive\, I may feel the pains of my crucified Lord. To stand with you beside the cross \nand be your companion in grief is my own wish. \nVirgin without equal among virgins\, do not now turn down my request; \ngrant that I may mourn with you. Grant that I carry about the dying state of \nChrist; grant that I be a sharer of his passion; grant that I relive his wounds. \nGrant that I be wounded with his wounds; grant that I drink to my soul’s content \nof the chalice of his cross and blood. Be a defense to me\, virgin Mary\, on the \njudgment day\, and I will not burn and be consumed in the fires of hell. \nWhen it is time\, Lord Christ\, for me to leave this world\, give me through \nyour mother’s prayers the palm of victory. When my body is dead\, grant that my \nsoul be given the glory of paradise.
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