Readings
I - Heb. 5: 7-9
II - Lk. 19: 25-27
OUR LADY OF SORROWS
Obedience is an act of love. Yesterday we celebrated the feast of the exaltation of the Holy Cross that highlights the obedience of Jesus who willingly embraced the cross out of his love for the Father. Today we celebrate the feast of the Sorrowful Virgin Mary that again highlights the obedience of Mother Mary consenting to submit herself unreservedly with utmost love, to the master plan of God for the salvation of the humankind. The obedience of Jesus did cost him so much that as we read in the first reading, “Jesus offered up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death”. The suffering of mother Mary too was great that are evident from the seven sorrows of her life (the Prophecy of Simeon, the Flight into Egypt, the Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple, the Meeting of Jesus on his way to Calvary, the Crucifixion of Jesus on Mount Calvary, Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross and the Burial of Jesus), yill remained in fidelity to her words, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord” (Lk. 1:38) till the end of her life her on the earth. The obedience of Mother Mary and her Son Jesus in love brought salvation to the humankind.
Obedience is obliges to surrender. It is submitting ourselves unto the will of the Father. It is suffering yet it is an expression of our supreme love for the Lord. Disobedience can give us temporary happiness, success, glory, victory and popularity but will never fetch us life eternal. Though it is costing, it is worth yielding ourselves unto the plan of God.
