A Mother's Sorrow

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I always view this scene from the 1977 production Jesus of Nazareth by Franco Zeffirelli on Good Friday.

It never fails to get me choked up. I can't even imagine the grief the Blessed Mother felt. I have seen glimpses of it at all of the sad funerals I have had to do for parents who have lost children.

I hope that you are having a blessed Good Friday.


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