Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. Paul of the Cross

by ICL Editor | October 20, 2014 4:30 am

st-paul-of-the-cross-featured-w740x493[1]“My heart breaks when I think of the sorrows of the most holy Virgin. Oh tender Mother, unutterable was Thy grief in finding Thyself deprived of your dear Son, and then in beholding Him dead in Thy arms! Ah! who can realize the sadness of Mary when She returned to Bethany after the burial of her Son? Jesus expires on the cross! He is dead that we may have life. All creation mourns: the sun darkens, the earth trembles, the rocks burst, and the veil of the temple is rent in twain; my heart alone remains harder than a rock!” (St. Paul of the Cross)


October 20 is the Optional Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross (A.D. 1694 – 1775).

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