Pietà – Mother and Child

Mary, at the foot of the Cross, received Jesus in her arms – weeping as many mothers have throughout the ages. Here are a few images

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By Frederick Franck in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

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Kathe Kollwitz, Berlin – Memorial of the victims of war; Neue Wache

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Michelangelo – Florence

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Michelangelo – Saint Peter’s Basilica, The Vatican

Even when all despaired
at the hour when Christ was dying on the cross,
Mary, serene,
awaited the hour of the resurrection.
Mary is the symbol
of the people who suffer oppression and injustice.
Theirs is the calm suffering
that awaits the resurrection.
It is Christian suffering,
the suffering of the church,
which does not accept the present injustices
but awaits without rancor the moment
when the Risen One will return
to give us the redemption we await.
– – – Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero, December 11, 1977

One response to “Pietà – Mother and Child

  1. Thank you John. Always keeping close what is important. Words of St. Romero and your presence among the Honduran people is truly practicing resurrection.

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