Hebrews 5:7-9 / John 19:25-27 or Luke 2:33-35
It is not difficult to understand the love a mother has for her children.
A mother carries her baby in her womb for nine months before giving birth to her child.
In a deep sense, it can be said that the mother "knits" her baby in her womb and it is truly flesh from her flesh.
So the intense sorrow of a mother is also understandable when she sees her child being tortured and dies, especially if that is her only child.
The feast of our Lady of Sorrows brings us back to the Cross where Jesus was crucified and hung dying in front of his mother.
In that intense moment of sorrow, the dying Jesus saw His mother and the disciple He loved standing near her, and He said to His mother, "Woman, this is your son."
And to the disciple, He said, "This is your mother."
That wouldn't have lessened the sorrow of Mary but even in that painful moment she knew she had let go of her son, the flesh of her flesh, and accept to be the mother of other children that Jesus is giving to her.
This feast of our Lady of Sorrows reminds us that Our Lady cries in sorrow for each of her children who dies in the torment of injustice as Jesus did.
Mary also cries in sorrow when each of her children dies in sin and eternal damnation.
Let us turn away from sin and work for peace and justice and pray with Mary for the conversion of sinner so that the sorrow of all mothers will be consoled.