Thursday 15 September

Our Lady of Sorrows

Hebrews 5: 7-9; Psalm 31:1-2, 16-17, 28; John 19:25-27

Beside the cross

Mary – close to Jesus at Bethlehem, Nazareth, Cana and Calvary. Keep us in your mind, ask your Son for the graces we each need. Consider these words of St Bernard: “Mother, behold your son. These words must have pierced your loving soul, since just to recall them breaks our hearts, hard and stony they may be.”