Suffering and Our Lady of Sorrows

Monday, September 16, 2024

What does it really mean to suffer?  Why does the Church view sacrificial suffering as a profound good, while our present world avoids it all all costs?  Our Mother Mary knows, and perhaps surprisingly, so did mystery writer par excellent Agatha Christie. Have a blessed day!

Gospel of the Day

Luke 7:1-10

"Lord, do not trouble yourself for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof...but say the word and my servant be healed."

Saint of the Day

Our Lady of Sorrows

Quote of the Day

"I remember one of my teachers from Catholic school, who, in the middle of a math lesson, suddenly launched forth on a speech on life and religion. 'If you love, you will suffer, and if you do not love, you do not know the meaning of a Christian life.' Then she returned to the problem of compound interest...years later, those words were to come back to me and give me great comfort at a time of great despair in my life." -Agatha Christie

Poem of the Day

"The Stabat Mater" (Excerpt)

At the cross her station keeping,

stood the mournful mother weeping,

close to Jesus to the last.

Through her heart, his sorrow sharing,

all his bitter anguish bearing,

now at length the sword had passed...

Christ, when thou shalt call me hence,

be Thy mother my defense,

be Thy cross my victory.