Our holy mother, Mary, comforted our Lord at the foot of the cross.

In the Litany of Loreto we call Our Lady “Comforter of the afflicted”. With unspeakable love she comforted Jesus on the Cross at Calvary and she accompanies us in our afflictions. In this meditation we consider how:

• Because of her freedom from sin Mary was able to love like no other
• As prophesied by Simeon, Mary was destined to suffer much because she loved much
• Mary suffered in her heart when Jesus was lost in the temple, at the wedding feast of Cana and especially at Calvary
• Mary suffered intensely at Calvary, to the point where St Bernard calls her truly a martyr
• The Sequence of the Mass of Our Lady of Sorrrows records this suffering in a moving way
• As our mother, Mary loves us and comforts us in our afflictions