Today, the day after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, is the Feast of Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There is an analogous commemoration on Friday after 1st Passion Sunday.
Some time ago, I wrote a series of reflections on the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin. I invite you to have a look.
Here are links to the individual posts
1st Sorrow – The Prophecy of Simeon
2nd Sorrow – The Flight into Egypt
3rd Sorrow – The loss of the Child Jesus in Jerusalem
4th Sorrow – Mary meets Jesus on the way to Calvary
5th Sorrow – The Crucifixion of Jesus
6th Sorrow – The Piercing of the Side of Jesus, and His Deposition
7th Sorrow – The Burial of Jesus
At the famous Basilica in Rome, Santo Stefano Rotondo we find this well-known image:
Thank you for dealing with the piercing of the Heart of Jesus. Most of the time, when people talk about the Sorrows of Our Lady, they mention the Deposition only, and totally ignore the Piercing of His heart, which is of such tremendous theological importance.
I agree with the others: this series needs to be published! Add some artistic images too, if you can. Good contemporary Catholic artists are perhaps less inclined to ‘clean up’ the Passion from blood…