The Pieta

The PietaSaint Alphonsus Liguori quoted Diez who said, Martyrs are represented with the instruments of their suffering Mary is represented with her dead son in her arms; for Jesus himself, and he alone, was the instrument of her martyrdom, by reason of the love she bore for him. One must look at the opened hand of Mary in the Pieta for it presents the dead Christ to the viewer. Her hand quietly gestures, Look, at what my son has done for you. It also

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him

When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph

When they had seen him

Introduced by the Creed

' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses

“Martyrs are represented with the instruments of their suffering… Mary is represented with her dead son in her arms

particularly by the invocation of his holy name: "Lord Jesus Christ

but in every situation

It adores the incarnate Word and his Heart which

it can also be directed toward Jesus

This is why the Fathers of the spiritual life in the Deuteronomic and prophetic traditions insist that prayer is a remembrance of God often awakened by the memory of the heart "We must remember God more often than we draw breath

Forgiveness