Holy Father Pope Francis, during the Holy Mass in the Casa Santa Marta focused on contemplating Our Lady of Sorrows, whose feast Church celebrates on September 15th. His Holiness reminded the faithful gathered, to contemplate the Mother of Jesus and to meditate that sign of contradiction because Jesus is victorious but upon the Cross and reflected that this is a contradiction that the faithful can’t understand and it takes faith to understand it.
As reported by Vatican radio, Holy Father Pope Francis remarked that “Mary knew and lived her whole life with a pierced heart and she followed Jesus and heard people’s comments, sometimes for Him, sometimes against but she was always right behind her Son and that’s why we call her the first disciple.” Further, His Holiness added, “It was Mary’s concern that brought about this sign of contradiction in her heart.”
His Holiness concluded his homily by praying that “May the Holy Spirit be the one to tell each one of us that which we need to hear.”
