Heartbreak

Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

     Have you ever heard the words "Don't break my heart" or "My heart is in a thousand pieces" or "The heart was made to be broken?". I've felt my heart break before. It hurts. I think if I didn't have Jesus, Mary and Joseph and all of the beautiful Saints in heaven as my friends I'd be a lost cause.

     Circumstances in our lives can either "ache or break" us. The phrase means "to receive a chance to rest or take a break from a situation or task". Usually, heartbreak can mean just that. Saying, if your heart is broken, it needs to rest, a moment to mend. But it's still hurts. I've heard of people dying from a broken heart.That makes me sad. I pray I never let it get to that point. It's a fine line to not let it happen. Despair sets in with all of that hurt and you just sink into the darkness. 

     I try to think of how our Beloved Mother Mary handled it. She surely was at the depths of sadness many times in her life. The ultimate, being, that She watched the cruelty of her Son to its Pinnacle. Being tortured and then finally nailed to that cross . All the while knowing He did only good and did not deserve this harsh treatment. Still, She allowed Her eyes to witness it and  stored each trial in Her Precious Heart like Him. Standing silent, with pain, for the "WILL of God". I'm sure that Heart was breaking.

     She surrendered to God. She accepted it even though Her baby, the "King of Kings" was bleeding for all humanities terrible sins. The ones who should have hung on that tree. You and me.

     How can my pain of heart equal that of Hers? It cannot. She never sinned. She never cursed or mistrusted the will of God and did things Her own way. She never bragged about Her Royalty of being the Mother of God. She took all things and placed them in Her Immaculate Heart and saved them there as Holy Treasures in silence.

     I pray for that grace. It's not easy to do what She did. You have to ask Her to give you the grace to be silent and offer it all for God's glory.

     But I want relief now. I don't like to cry or remember or feel hurt. Only Mary's grace can help us. Given to her from God even before She was born. She was and is "Full of Grace". She's a true mother. She doesn't want to see any child of Gods hurting. She comes to our rescue. Holding us in Her arms the way She did for Jesus. Even when our hearts are breaking. "Especially" when our hearts are breaking.

     My own mother would always say, "Watch out!" Don't get too low when sad. Don't let yourself get too tired. That's when that old devil will try to attack you! " He takes total advantage of the situation and attacks.

     We have weapons though, given from above. The Rosary and the Holy Sacraments are our weapons to help keep us with God when the world is breaking. When our "hearts are breaking".

     "Let me not despair ever, oh God!. Oh Mary! Come to my rescue. Be a Mother to me now (Quote from Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta). Mend my broken heart. Heal me with Your grace and bind my wounds as I offer each heartbreak for and in Honor of all of God's Glory. He suffered for me Oh sorrowful Mother!. I unite my suffering with Yours. Complete unity, as a "Bouquet of sweet smelling roses for our God" (Quote from Saint Teresa of the child Jesus). I surrender to HIM who created me. "Stay with me oh God!. Don't allow me to leave you. You know what happens if you do" (Quote from Saint Padre Pio). I give myself to you my God!. ALL of me. Even my broken heart.