The Fourth Sword of Sorrow: Mary meets Jesus as He carries His Cross to Calvary

(cf. Luke 23:26-31
http://drbo.org/cgi-bin/d?b=drb&bk=49&ch=23&l=23-26#x
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O Mother of Sorrows, how it must have wounded
your tender maternal heart to see your beloved
Son Jesus carrying His Cross to Calvary, the place
of execution! How it must have pained you to see
Him so bloodied, beaten, and reviled as He
strained to fulfill His deepest desire: to give His
life as a ransom for us. Through this bitter sword
of sorrow obtain for us the grace to deny
ourselves, pick up our crosses, and follow Jesus
with perseverance and love.

PRAY,

• 1 Our Father

• 7 Hail Mary’s

PRAY,

• Holy Mother hear my prayers, and renew in my heart each wound of Jesus my Savior.