The Sword of Sorrow

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Hello. During the Presentation, the prophet Simeon said to Mary that a Sword of Sorrow would pierce her heart.
I would like this to be a topic about what that means. Is it simply about the “spiritual martyrdom” she suffered?

And, is it related to the sword that pierced the heart of what I hear to be various saints, one example being St Padre Pio? What do we make of this sword?

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My understanding is that the “sword” referred to Mary suffering along with Jesus during His Passion. She witnessed it all and suffered with him right up till He died.

Other saints have also suffered physical pain, including in some cases heart pain, as a way of joining Christ in his suffering, as “victim souls” who offer their suffering in reparation for the sins of the world. This to me is similar to the sword that pierced Mary’s sorrowful heart.

In other cases, like St. Teresa of Avila whose heart was pierced, it was more like God infusing his fire of love into her. Mary already loved God probably more than any other human, so there would have been no need for a sword to pierce her heart to infuse God’s love.
 
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Yes, so in this sense, would you say those with stigmata (visible or invisible, not just the five wounds but even in one’s heart) or those who intensely experience the pain and sorrow of the Crucifixion in a certain way are those who are stabbed with the sword?
 
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