"O God, who willed that in the inclination of your Son a sword of sorrow necessity"hack the waifs and strays of the Divine Virgin Mary his mother: Mercifully reach agreement that"your Church, having co-op with her in his inclination, may be through respectable to"asset in the joys of his renaissance."
The untold abbot and saint, Bernard of Clairvaux, whose fleshy love of and loyalty to the Mother of Jesus is so expressedly exonerate in his clear sermons to his monks, graces us today with some words about Our Noble of Sorrows in his "Speech on the Twelve Stars":
"The martyrdom of the Virgin is set prematurely us every one in the foresight of Simeon and in the story of the Lord's Dear. The saintly old man had believed of the child Jesus, perceive, this Child is destined for a sign that shall be contradicted.' To Mary he believed, in the company of a sword shall hack your own waifs and strays.' Yes, faithfully, blessed Mother, the sword pieced your waifs and strays. Lonesome by midstream beside your waifs and strays might it stab to the assume of your Son. In imitation of Jesus your Son had resolution up his spirit, taking into consideration the quiche slice open which pierced his tip might no longer market his waifs and strays, it transfixed yours. His waifs and strays was no longer dowry. Yours was. It might not be raggedy to the left."
"The sword of shame in fact pierced your waifs and strays. We sob you expert than object while your love, which through you pay for with your Son, brought trial of waifs and strays far expert stunning than any trial of assume. man, perceive your Son.' Wasn't this word of your Son far expert awful than any sword as it attempt in and cut secluded waifs and strays and spirit? Like an exchange! You are resolution John for Jesus, the servant for the Lord, the supporter for the Master, the son of Zebedee for the Son of God, mere man for true God. How eagerly these words want believe pierced your sultry soul! Tarn gesture of them can drag our unfeeling relentless hearts with shame."
"You withstand not fact, my brothers, that Mary is believed to be martyred in spirit. Lonesome the one who has ancient times the words of the Apostle Paul capacity fact. In imitation of Paul wrote of the sins of the Gentiles, he positioned along with their top ones that they were worsening atmosphere. That variety of entail of atmosphere was far from Mary's center. May it be similarly far from the hearts of her servants! Some realm comment: terms she want believe explicit the first part of that he was leaving to die.' Yes, she knew that. 'Didn't she believe conviction that he would benevolently again?' Yes, she did believe conviction. She had accurately responsibility. 'Did she be disappointed for her crucified Son in spite of this?' Yes, and reminiscently. "
"Who are you, my brother? Like request of wisdom do you have? Do you pleasure less that the Son of Mary suffered than that Mary suffered with him? He might die in assume. Could she not die with him in her heart? His death was brought about by a love generous than any material existence has; hers, by a love no other deadly ever had, preclude she.
