Mary's sacrifice

Last week the sermon was Living a Life Worthy of a Mother's sacrifice. Here is a quote that fully describes the sacrifice of the greatest mother of all time-Mary the mother of Jesus

Abba Isaac said once I was sitting with Abba Poemen and I saw that he was in ecstasy; and since I used to speak very openly with him, I made a prostration before him and asked him, 'Tell me, where were you?' And he did not want to tell me but when I pressed him, he replied: My thoughts were with St. Mary Mother of God, as she stood and wept at the cross of the Saviour; and I wish that I could always weep as much as she wept then.-Sayings of the Desert Fathers

I don't think we can understand the depth of Mary's emotional sacrifice. She knew that he was God in the flesh. To see the torture that he was put through must have been unbearable. If we could only see it the way she saw it maybe our lives would be lived differently in light of the cost of redemption. We could not only weep as Mary wept but live as Mary lived. We could face every situation with the attitude of Mary in Luke 1:38 "I am the Lord's servant ," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said."