The sixth mystery of the Seven Sorrows of Mary is Mary receives the dead body of Jesus, based on John 19:38-40.
The friends of Jesus, Jospeh and Nicodemus, took down his body from the cross and placed it in the outstretched arms of the Blessed Virgin. Mary held her son with deep respect and love because she is his mother. She knows he is God incarnate who had taken a human body to become the Savior of the world.
Mary could see all of Jesus' wounds; both from the crucifixion and from his flogging. His body was lacerated with gaping wounds crisscrossing him from head to toe. She was horrified at the thought that her son managed to carry the heavy, splintered cross all the way to Calvary. She saw the circle of blood the crown of thorns had made on his forehead. Looking at her broken boy, the Holy Mother knew that his agonizing death was far worse than the torture reserved for the wickedest of criminals. She must have remembered the first look she had at her newborn baby lying in the manger and now she is holding his lifeless body. She was preparing her son and Lord for burial becoming the true Queen of Martyrs.
Mary prayed for every soul to embrace God's love so her son's torturous death would benefit all humankind and not have been in vain. Mary prayed for the world; she prayed for all of us.
We thank you Beloved Mother for your courage as you stood beneath your dying child to comfort him on the cross. You became a wonderful mother to all of us; you became the Blessed Mother of the world. We thank you for Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer, and we thank Jesus for giving you to us. Please pray for us Mother.
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