Mary, Mother of the Man of Sorrows

weighing the difference between difficulties, sufferings, and sorrows

As some of you know, I’ve been working for a while now (in fits and starts) on a book about Mary, Jesus’ mother (working title: Mary, the First Disciple: Learning the Way of Jesus from His Mother). I’m looking at her story in light of the Beatitudes, because I think that her story embodies those blessings in a way that makes clear for us the life we are…