Episode 41: "The disciples flee, run away, while the women stand." - from a homily by Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI) 

Have you ever found yourself gazing at the Blessed Mother standing next to her Beloved Son hanging on the cross with a chalice in her hand receiving each and every drop of Christ's Precious Blood as portrayed in Schoenstatt's Unity Cross and thought, "This is so beautiful! . . . But what does it all mean?" Then this month's episode might be particularly interesting to you! Join author and host Julia Monnin as she reflects a little on the mystery of Our Lady of Sorrows while sharing some homiletic wisdom from Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI), St. Bernard, and Schoenstatt's founder, Fr. Joseph Kentenich.

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"Perhaps someone will say: 'Had she not known before that he would die?' Undoubtedly. 'Did she not expect him to rise again at once?' Surely. 'And still she grieved over her crucified Son?' Intensely. Who are you and what is the source of your wisdom that you are more surprised at the compassion of Mary than at the passion of Mary’s Son? For if he could die in body, could she not die with him in spirit? He died in body through a love greater than anyone had known. She died in spirit through a love unlike any other since his." - from a sermon by St. Bernard

"Christian life is suffering and rising with Christ. . . . To the degree that I suffer with Christ, I can also rejoice with Christ. . . . [Therefore] 'Who experienced the greatest joy at Easter?' The answer can only be, 'The one who suffered most with Christ.' And that was the Mater Dolorosa, the sorrowful Mother." - from a sermon by Fr. Joseph Kentenich