What is the meaning of: “a sword will pierce your soul”?
score:1
What is the meaning of: “A Sword Will Pierce Your Soul”?
In the fourth mystery of the Joyful Mysteries [Quartum Mysterium Gaudiosum: Presentatio (the Presentation in the Temple)] of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mysteria Gaudiosa), we read the following:
And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts, thoughts may be revealed. - Luke 2: 35
Fr. George Rutler puts it this way:
As Our Lady was virtually abandoned at the foot of the Cross, so have those who are suffering atrocities and genocide been scandalously ignored by many in the West until recently. Our government has announced that it will stop the State Department’s policy of directing all relief funds through ineffective agencies of the United Nations, and will work with private organizations to aid vulnerable religious and ethnic minorities.
St. John Paul II said that Simeon’s prediction confirms Mary’s “faith in the accomplishment of the divine promises of salvation, [while] on the other hand it also reveals to her that she will have to live her obedience of faith in suffering, at the side of the suffering Savior, and that her motherhood will be mysterious and sorrowful.”
As the pen is mightier than the sword, in Bulwer-Lytton’s adage, so is Christ the Living Word more acute and powerful than any sword that pierces those who love him. - “A Sword Will Pierce Your Soul”
Thus we see that the very sins which offends Our Lord inflicts sorrow in the Immaculate Heart of Mary and in the hearts of those who truly united in love to Our Lord with all their heart and being. This is what we must achieve in this life and be willing to make reparation for the outrages committed against the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Presentation or Our Lord in the Temple
Upvote:1
The fourth Joyful Mystery of the Holy Rosary is the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, where the holy man Simeon prophesied that (Luke 2:35) her
own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts, thoughts may be revealed.
The Prophesy of Simeon is the first of the seven sorrows meditated upon in the devotion to the Sorrowful Mother.
In fact, Mary's name in Hebrew, מַרְיָם (Mariam), means "bitter sea".
From Devotion to the Sorrowful Mother:
The martyrdom of Mary was lifelong, for according to Simeon’s prophecy, she was enlightened with regard to the intense sufferings of her Divine Son. Her entire being was steeped in bitterness. The swords which pierced her soul penetrated also every nerve and fiber of her tender, sinless body. To her was wanting that great support which the martyrs enjoyed in their sufferings. During their torments, they directed their inward gaze toward Jesus, the Crucified, by whose grace and love they were strengthened and consoled. The flames of the love of Jesus cooled the fires of torture, softened the strokes of the scourges, and blunted the sharpness of the sword.
More post
- 📝 According to Catholic teaching, what constitutes a prophecy to be Messianic?
- 📝 Why did the early Christians think Jesus would return soon?
- 📝 How do those who believe in a dual system (Old & New Covenant simultaneously operative) pre-70 AD understand "one Lord, one faith, one baptism"?
- 📝 Do Jehovah's Witnesses have their own version of the Bible?
- 📝 Remission of excommunication of a schismatic group
- 📝 Where does this Martin Luther quote come from?
- 📝 What is the biblical basis for it being acceptable to bring doubts to God?
- 📝 Is Christianity more friendly to its own Scripture translation than other religions? If so, why?
- 📝 The time of Abraham
- 📝 Perowne's quoting John Calvin in Psalm 56
- 📝 Why did God make the "Forbidden Fruit" available in Eden?
- 📝 Did the "spirit of Samuel" come from God?
- 📝 What was meaning of `Talent' as used by Jesus in His parable?
- 📝 Since there is only one God who is not formed then how can the Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that Jesus is a created god?
- 📝 Why are Matthew, Mark, and Luke called the synoptic gospels?
- 📝 Does the RCC allow confirmation names that aren't based on saints?
- 📝 What is the standard term for views that aren't Unitarian?
- 📝 Do all Christian views need to have a Biblical basis?
- 📝 At what level of detail does God lead His children?
- 📝 Christian scholars who have investigated and published on miracles?
- 📝 In Roman Catholicism, does an individual's history of miscarriage lead to different or more specific guidance on pregnancy prevention?
- 📝 Is Christianity continuing to grow worldwide?
- 📝 Are Catholics allowed to believe that the EF or OF is objectively more reverent than the other?
- 📝 How many Catholics are excommunicated in an average year?
- 📝 What is the difference between the Christian and the Jewish calculation of Anno Mundi?
- 📝 According to Protestant New Testament Scholars, can one argue for the inspiration & unity of scripture without using a “theological” claim or method?
- 📝 Does Presbuteros mean priest?
- 📝 Is it sinful to watch TV series The Young Pope?
- 📝 Seeing as there is only one mediator between God and man, what’s the role of the prophets?
- 📝 Catholic Equivalent of Systematic Theology Books
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 What is the meaning of: “a sword will pierce your soul”?
- 📝 What is an overview of the interpretations of Acts 16:31 "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."?
- 📝 What is the source of the idea that there will be a window in heaven to watch your enemies burn in hell?
- 📝 What is the meaning of "let the dead bury their dead"?
- 📝 What is the meaning and origin of bridal veils in Christian weddings?
- 📝 At what point is a new soul created according to the Catholic Church?
- 📝 What is the specific meaning of "die" in Genesis 2?
- 📝 What is the purpose and meaning of the Christian Flag?
- 📝 What are the practical applications of "two will become one flesh"?
- 📝 What is the meaning of 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice'?
- 📝 What is the biblical meaning of "sanctification"?
- 📝 What is the difference between man's soul and spirit?
- 📝 What is the biblical basis for libertarian free will (no predestination)?
- 📝 What is the source of the phrase "in your chamber bewail your sins"?
- 📝 What is the source of the quote attributed to Origen, that "the soul has neither beginning nor end"?
- 📝 According to Protestants following the Reformation, what did Jesus mean when he said "do this and you will live"?
- 📝 What is the meaning of 1 Thessalonians 5:22?
- 📝 What is the meaning of "anything" in Matthew 18:19-20?
- 📝 What is the difference between mind and soul (if any)
- 📝 What is the status of "The Will to Believe" among contemporary philosophers?
- 📝 What is the meaning of the parable in Luke 17:7-10?
- 📝 What is the meaning of the large statue of a pine cone in Vatican City?
- 📝 According to Molinism, what is the meaning of a counterfactual of freedom?
- 📝 What are the Biblical arguments against man having an immortal soul separate from the body?
- 📝 What was the intended meaning of the quotation marks around "sinners" in the old NIV?
- 📝 What is the Meaning of Hebrews 2:11 - he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one
- 📝 What does Paul's "we will judge the world and the angels" mean?
- 📝 What is the Biblical basis for the idea that creation will applaud the damnation of a sinner?
- 📝 What is the basis for the belief among some LDS/Mormons that children in their pre-mortal existence choose who their parents will be?
- 📝 What is the difference between "love one another" and "love your neighbour"?