O my Mother, Most Sorrowful Mother, you fled to Egypt to escape Herod’s persecution. The One who came to save Man, must flee him. You understood that Simeon’s prophecy was already beginning to manifest with the difficult exile that was imposed on you, where with Joseph and the Child Jesus you found yourself strangers, with no money or friends.
But it is with love that you care for the divine Child, and it is with a light heart that you bear all the trials.
Our ungratefulness makes us sinners, like Herod we persecute Jesus; like you, let us learn to live as travelers, without attachment to worldly goods.
O Mary, may we console you by offering Jesus a refuge in our hearts.
