Mary’s sorrow is different from sadness. It is founded on faith, given momentum by hope, and is the interwoven brother of love. Sorrow is deep, like roots that probe deeper and deeper so that the tree above can bear abundant fruit. It is like the chaff that grows up with the grain; to remove sorrow now would threaten the harvest, but one day, God will separate the two (Mt 3:12). Sorrow will be forgotten, and we’ll be left with the abundance and joy of Easter.
--Theresa Kiser
Image source: Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, The Madonna in Sorrow (17th c.), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Sorrows#/media/File:Frari_(Venice)_-_Sacristy_-_Il_Sassoferrato_-_Madonna_in_prayer.jpg
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