STANDING BY US=EVEN IN OUR SORROWS=
MARY DOES!
HOW is this=FOR PRESENCE=Of mind?=As Jesus is DYING=He GIVES
his BELOVED
Mother Mary=To his Apostle of LOVE=John!=”When Jesus=Saw his
MOTHER there=and
The Disciple=WHOM HE LOVED=STANDING nearby=He said to her’=’Woman
here is
Your SON’=and to the Disciple=’Here is your Mother’=From
that time on=This disciple took
Her into his home” John
19:26-27
WHAT SORROW for a Mother=HOW DEVASTATING!
We ASSUME=John was with Mary=Jesus’ mother=For the REST of
her life=and through her
ASSUMPTION=But Mary had to STAND=by her SON=IN SORROW=as He
died=and She
STANDS BY=for us=Even in=THE SORROWS of our life=MARY DOES!=
“They will come and shout=For JOY=on the heights of Zion=They
will Rejoice=In the bounty of the Lord=--------The grain=the new wine=and the
olive oil=The young of the flocks=and herds=
They will be=Like a well-watered garden=and they will SORROW
no more” Jeremiah 31:12
“I have GREAT SORROW=and unceasing anguish=in my heart” Romans 9:2
“GODLY SORROW=Brings repentance=That leads to salvation=and
leaves No regret=But
WORLDLY SORROW=Brings death”
2 Corinthians 7:10
Oh=THE SORROW Mary Must have felt=as she stood by=and
watched=Her son Jesus die=and
ALL THE SORROW=Mary must feel=For us=in today’s world=As
person after person=TURNS AWAY=
From the Holy Father God =and her Son Jesus=Nevertheless=MARY STANDS by us=IN
OUR
SORROWS!
Today=We celebrate Mary on=The feast of=OUR LADY OF
SORROWS=as She continues to
STAND by us=In today’s world=The prophet Simeon=Truly turned
out=To be RIGHT=In what he=
SPOKE about Jesus to Mary=”Then Simeon Blessed them and
said=To Mary his Mother’=’This child
Is DESTINED=To cause the falling and Rising=Of many in
Israel=and to be a SIGN=that will be
Spoken against=So that the THOUGHTS =Of many hearts =Will be
revealed=And a SWORD=will
PIERCE=Your own soul too’”
Luke 2:34-35
Our Mary=STANDING by Her Jesus in life=in death=and HIS
RESURRECTED LIFE=and OUR MARY=
Standing by us=IN THE SORROWS=we FACE in our lives too!
Our Mary=The MOTHER of our SAVIOR Jesus Christ=EXEMPLIFIES
the Suffering of many of us=
Of those of us=WHO live our LIVES close to Jesus=and in a
VERY SPECIAL WAY=She is our
SECOND MOTHER=of ALL of us=Our Home and OUR FAMILY=SHE
STANDS BY US=Truly through
It all=”I will declare=That you LOVE STANDS firm
forever=That you have established your
Faithfulness=In heaven itself”
Psalm 89:2
“Your word Lord=is eternal=It STANDS FIRM=In the
heavens”
Psalm 119:89
“Nevertheless God’s solid foundation=STANDS FIRM=Sealed with
this inscription’=’The Lord
Knows those who are his’=and=’Everyone who confesses=the
name of the Lord=Must turn away
From wickedness’”
2 Timothy 2:19
Dear Lord=we PRAY=In thanks for your MOTHER=OUR Mother
Mary=and her faithfulness=For
STANDING by Jesus=Through his SORROWS=and for STANDING BY
US=In all of our SORROWS=
Through life=Mary DOES!
In Jesus’ name=and IN the name=Of our HOLY FAMILY=Jesus=Mary=and
Joseph=and our
FOREVER LIVING=FOREVER LOVING=Holy Father God!
Robert P. Wallman
9-13-2026
Ps INSPIRED by
an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=By Fr. Edward Looney
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