A Lenten Approach
Mother of Sorrows, Mother of Consolation
Too often I need to remind myself that in my struggles I must turn to Jesus first, for He is my greatest consolation.
On this feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, I am especially reminded of Mary's suffering as she stood at the Cross of Jesus. How could she give the violence of her sorrow to her dying Son while He endured His own agonizing Passion?
Mary viewed her Son's suffering with intense grief, yet in it she saw our salvation. Our Lady's sorrows are embodied in the prediction and fulfillment of Simeon's prophesy of a sword piercing her heart, and in Jesus' words to her and the beloved apostle John, "Behold your son" (John 19:26), "Behold your mother" (John 19:27).
When Jesus gave Mary to John, He gave her to us as well. Now we, as members of the Mystical Body of Christ, share God's Mother as our own - a Mother whose obedient and loving heart was pierced for the deliverance of our souls.
Elizabeth
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About the Author
Elizabeth Tichvon is a Catholic writer and Consecrated Marian Catechist under the Direction of His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke. Always faithful to the Magisterium, she spreads and defends the Catholic faith as a true witness of Christ, confessing the name of Jesus boldly, never ashamed of the Cross.
Elizabeth became aware of the need for the New Evangelization while in the two years of her formation as a Marian Catechist and wrote over 200 published meditations on Sacred Scripture from the daily Liturgy of the Word for various Catholic websites, and following Jesus' example, now teaches through her own parables so that by sharing her stories through social media, might bring others closer to the heart of Christ. She is currently a regular columnist at Catholic365 and as a Marian Catechist, her spiritual life is the foundation of her writing.
She completed UCLA's Graduate Program With Honors and worked as a Paralegal for 32 years before retiring from Chrysler's Office of the General Counsel in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
