The 7 sorrows that Mary had to experience in her life are already underway. Innocent boys have been slaughtered by Herod, Simeon predicted her sorrows at the presentation of the baby at the temple. And even the three Kings had to escape the wrath of Herod and go a different route back home. Mary shed many a tear through her life, but kept everything in her heart. She had every right to be upset and angry, but in her humility, she suffered in her own home, comforted by St Joseph, and undoubtedly by her Son Jesus. Her joys were overpowered by her tears, her happiness was tarnished by her sadness, her smiles were replaced by her disappointments that were to follow. But Mary knew that this was the plan prepared for her by the Almighty. A tear flows at the enormity of the realization that she has been chosen to be the Mother of God. He is the power that created the galaxies, the promised Deliverer. Mary’s Baby and Mary’s God are one. Actually it is He who holds her. Truly it is He who holds each and every one of us.
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