THE PILGRIM IMAGE
"Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our Heavenly Mother and reflect on it's boundless grief and how precious is our soul."
--Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina
--Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina
❝I am sending you a picture of Our Lady as a pledge of affectionate remembrance. May it serve you as a mirror and bring you comfort when sorrow floods into your soul. All Her life long holy Mother Mary endured a thousand sorrows and anxieties on account of Her dear Son, because even while He was still a child She saw clearly in the light of Her heavenly meditations all the sufferings that awaited His tender limbs. Her tears used to fall on the little hands and feet that one day great nails would violently pierce, and She used to kiss the holy brow destined for its crown of thorns...Offer up all your affliction in union with the sorrows of the holy Mother of God. Place all your troubles and anxieties in the stricken heart of the Queen of Heaven, for She can protect you better than could all mankind put together. DO NOT TAKE SO MUCH TO HEART WHAT CANNOT NOW BE CHANGED.❞
—St. Peter Canisius,SJ
—St. Peter Canisius,SJ