The 4th Sorrowful Mystery ~ “The Carrying of the Cross”
1st Hail Mary
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"It appears that St. Paul carried a “thorn in the flesh” (2 Corinthians 12:7). This cross that Paul carried might have been some sort of sickness or a speech impediment. Whatever it was, Paul’s first course of action was to ask the Lord to take this cross away. In fact, he prayed for this relief on three separate occasions. Jesus, too, prayed this way in the garden of Gethsemane just before he was arrested. Yet neither Jesus nor Paul was spared.
So when a cross appears in your life, ask the Lord to remove it. Pray for healing. Use the same words Jesus used when he prayed. Or cry out like the blind beggar Bartimaeus, who would not be silenced: “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me! Heal me!” (Mark 10:46-52). God loves us and he wants to heal us. If your child were sick, would you just let him suffer? Of course not! You would want to do everything in your power to make him well again."
HAIL MARY, full of grace, the Lord is
with thee. Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us
sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen