"Be glad to share in the sufferings of Christ! When he comes in glory, you will be filled with joy"
1 Peter 4 :13
The deepest sorrow in a family is the loss of a son or daughter. Recently, a TV programme told the story of a father who had lost his ten year old son in a cycling accident. When the child died, his organs were transplanted to give five other people the chance of life. Not only were these lives saved through the generosity of the boy’s parents, but also through the swift actions of the ambulance crew who attended the accident, which meant the organs were saved in a short time and thus gave the medical team the best assurance that these lives could be saved. Since then, the father of the boy, through love for his son, has worked tirelessly to raise money for other life-saving operations and is presently preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Such is human love.
How much therefore, will Mary, the Mother of Jesus, long to save us on account of the death of her Son. She surely is our mother too and will intercede for us that her Son, God made man, will not have died in vain, but will bring us all into new life.
Prayer
Lord, I place myself into the care of Mary, your Mother. May she pray for us all that we may rejoice with her when this life is over and we meet her Son in eternity. Amen.