NEF September 2021

“This morning I went to Igon, and we meditated on these words: ‘The mother of Jesus was standing at the foot of the cross. Such a mother... the mother of such a Son... Standing there not discouraged, on the contrary, courageous, obedient, happy to be there at the foot of the cross upon which her Son is most cruelly nailed. There, though it is daytime, in reality it is the darkness of night. There amidst the rabble, she is there. So resigned... so good even to the tormentor of her Son. (Saint Michael Garicoïts, DS § 125)