September 15 – Our Lady of Sorrows

O Lamb of God, Mary is called Our Lady of Sorrows because her passionate love for You caused her to suffer when she watched Your enemies inflict their tortures upon You and slowly kill You.  She offered up the piercing of her heart as if her life were an altar, sacrificing her beloved Son for the salvation of the world.  Through it all, she did not feel sorry for herself nor did she complain, because she accepted her pain for our sake, in passionate love for us.  I ask her to take my sorrows and sufferings and lift them up to You as an offering for the people in my life who need healing emotionally, physically, or spiritually.  Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us.  Amen.

Quotes for Today

Blessed Paolo Manna (1872-1952.)
Feast day September 15

The missionary is nothing if he does not put on the person of Jesus Christ. Only the missionary who copies Jesus Christ faithfully in himself can reproduce His image in the souls of others.”

Saint Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510)
Feast Day September 15

I see paradise has no gate, but whoever desires may enter there, for God is all mercy and stands with open arms to admit us to His glory.”

If it were given to us to see virtue’s reward in the next world, we would occupy our intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.”

The prayer above is from Terry Modica’s book Daily Prayers with the Saints.

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