Here was another bitter drop in Mary's chalice; here was a sword of sorrow which was to rankle through life in her heart.
When you meet with ingratitude or disappointment, or find that "mourning taketh hold of the end of joy" (Pro. xiv. 13), unite your sorrow with Our lady's, and endure with resignation.
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Meditations on Christian Dogma, Volume 1
The Newman Press, Westminster, Maryland, 1961
