As we sojourn together with Mary through the Stabat Mater, may we faithfully appropriate the gift of redemption, exalt and praise God for His paternal benevolence for us, and enter more deeply into the hearts of Jesus and Mary finding there our hope and our joy.

                                                                -Johnnette S. Benkovic

Who, that sorrow contemplating, On that passion meditating, Would not share the Virgin's grief?

For Reflection:        

Henri Nouwen says that waiting is patient. He tells us that “The word ‘patience’ means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us…Patient living means to live actively in the present and wait there.”

 With comprehension and concentration, slowly read today’s GraceLine a second time. It is an invitation into Mary’s suffering – to share the Virgin’s grief. Ask Our Lady to take you into her Immaculate Heart and wait there with her. Wait with patience until what is hidden there manifests itself to you. Then journal about your insights.