"On a Pilgrimage" - 2014 Online Lenten Retreat
This is Post #5 of 16. To participate in the retreat, read the meditations & questions provided. Then follow the link to the attached article. Participate at your own pace. Read one meditatio...n a day or set aside a block of time to go through all the stations at once. Your discussion in the comments section below is welcome!
STATION 4:
JESUS MEETS HIS MOTHER - SORROW
And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. ~ Luke 2:34-35
Jesus asks: “Do you understand how much I hurt when you are hurting?”
Parents have an instinct to protect their children, and parents hurt to see their child in pain. It is easier to bear physical agony than sorrow for your child. What do we learn from this station?
Read the story of Malaysia Airlines.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-unknown-compounds-families-grief/story?id=22874673&singlePage=true
What is compounding the families’ sorrow?
How do you understand sorrow in light of our faith?See More
This is Post #5 of 16. To participate in the retreat, read the meditations & questions provided. Then follow the link to the attached article. Participate at your own pace. Read one meditatio...n a day or set aside a block of time to go through all the stations at once. Your discussion in the comments section below is welcome!
STATION 4:
JESUS MEETS HIS MOTHER - SORROW
And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. ~ Luke 2:34-35
Jesus asks: “Do you understand how much I hurt when you are hurting?”
Parents have an instinct to protect their children, and parents hurt to see their child in pain. It is easier to bear physical agony than sorrow for your child. What do we learn from this station?
Read the story of Malaysia Airlines.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-unknown-compounds-families-grief/story?id=22874673&singlePage=true
What is compounding the families’ sorrow?
How do you understand sorrow in light of our faith?See More
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