O my Mother, Most Sorrowful Mother, how painful to be separated from your beloved Son! To lose him was to lose everything. According to St Bonaventure, when you left the tomb that held Jesus’ body, you stopped at the foot of the Cross, making you the first to worship Him.
You cried, and all those around you cried. We do not wish to leave you to cry alone. Please allow us to join our tears to yours.
Because of Jesus’ great love for you, He wants to see us sympathise more with your sorrows, than with His suffering.
O Mary, obtain for us the grace that we may always think, with tender devotion, to the Passion of your Son Jesus and your sorrows.
O Jesus, O Mary,
two names on which my entire hope rests
I commend my soul to you
Amen.
