Simeon announces the suffering destiny of Jesus

O Mother of Sorrows, how deeply your heart was pierced with sorrow when Simeon announced that Jesus, your beloved Child, was to be a sign that would be rejected. Your heart knew that He was to be the suffering Messiah the prophets had foretold, the man of sorrows, who would carry all our sins and heal us by His wounds. Through this bitter sorrow obtain for us the grace never to reject Jesus or refuse Him anything. Help us to completely surrender our lives to Him and to live according to His most holy will in everything.

Our Father & Seven Hail Mary’s

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

Credit: Alvaro Pirez, The Presentation in the Temple, Portuguese, ca.1405-15. Public Domain.