Mary meets Jesus as He carries His Cross to Calvary

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 fulfil 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.

Our Father & Seven Hail Mary’s

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

Credit: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Christ Bearing the Cross, c.1665-75, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Public Domain.