HOMILY FOR THE MEMORIAL OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS (SEPTEMBER 15 2022
Homily for the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15) Hebrews 5:7-9; John 19:25b-27. Today the Holy Mother Church celebrates the memorial of our Lady of sorrows, a celebration which follows immediately after the feast of the Triumph of the Cross. The liturgy of today as seen in the Gospel, directs our attention to the one who was found at the foot of the Cross of Calvary (Jn 19:25-27): The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ. The one whom maintaining the divine plan, shared in the sufferings and redemptive work (cross) of Jesus Christ. Friends in Christ, the celebration of today brings out and deepens as well the special role of Mary in the church, which is significantly inseparable from her union with Christ. This union flows right from the time of Christ's virginal conception up to the point of Jesus' death on the cross of calvary. It is indeed a union that became uniquely visible at a hightened sense at the passion of Christ Jesus, where the maternal h...