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The Seven Sorrows of Mary 145
6. Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross and Laid in
Mary’s Arms
If we ever doubted for one second that we were loved, we
could visualize the picture of Mary as she sat beneath the
cross with the lifeless, battered, bruised and bloodied body
of her Son in her arms, the same child that she held when
Simeon prophesied her suffering. Jesus gave His last
breath. He gave the last beat of His Heart. He gave His
all! This is the way He complied with the will of the
Father. He came to show us the way. He died in perfect
peace. To His death He was in peace because He knew
the Father’s love. The Father loves us so much that He
gave His only begotten Son for love of us! The Spirit
descended upon the Virgin Mary and the Word was
made flesh! The love of the Two Hearts! Such immense
love beating for us! In all love there is suffering. Her Heart
was pierced with a sword. His Heart was pierced with a
lance. And a sword, too, shall pierce your heart, O Mary!
7. The Burial of Jesus
The lifeless body of Jesus was locked in the tomb. What
cold reality for Mary to realize that His body is now
gone! A stone separated her from her Son! He gave His
last breath! He gave the last beat of His Heart for love
of each one of us! And she comes to us this day with her
sweet, beautiful voice and she asks us to go to her Son
and love Him! How can we refuse Jesus who spread His
arms and gave His life for each and every one of us?
How can we not trust Him when He loved us so much
that He allowed them to tear His flesh, to crown Him
with piercing thorns and, lastly, to hang Him on a cross? He truly gave His life for
us! He, truly God, is with us this day, the same as the day He died on the cross, in
the tabernacle! And we take it so lightly! Death has no power over Him! Locked in
the tomb for three days, He rose triumphant on the third day as He had foretold.
He comes to give us life. He gives us the sacrament of Baptism that initiates us into
His life, that makes us children of God and heirs of heaven if we remain in the state
of grace. He asks two things: love of God and love of one another! He came to
show us the way and His way is love. To His death on the cross He loved each one
of us! He calls each one of us to be His soldiers, to march on a world that has forgotten
God, that has forgotten what it is like to love! It is a battle to live in this
world. But the battle is won with hearts that are filled with His love, empowered by
the grace and might that He pours out in the Eucharist. He calls us to come to the
Eucharist and to the tabernacle and be fed with His very flesh and blood. To feed
on Divine Life, the great est nourishment, the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, the
Son of God! This is the love He gives. This is the love He asks us to share.