Holy Mother, pierce me through;
In my heart each wound renew
Of my Saviour crucified.
This verse of the Stabat Mater invokes Mary to renew in us the sufferings of Christ. On the first Friday of Lent, while praying the Stations, it struck me that this is not just a general plea to remember the sufferings of Christ and to feel some slight pang in our hearts at this remembrance. No, we are asking for much more. This is a cry to be pierced by each wound with the pain Our Lord suffered. These were excruciating pains and we are asking Our Lady to renew them in us throughout our lives. Singing this verse again is an excellent reminder that every pain and every suffering, physical, mental, as well as spiritual, are graces to unite us to Christ. We ask for this grace in our prayers and songs, but when the everyday sufferings come, we complain and try our very best to get out of them or at least seek human sympathy. Instead, let us embrace the cross fully this Lent. Seek to feel every suffering keenly in union with Our Lord and offer it to Him. The pain we ask for in the song is not just a little remembrance of His pain once on Calvary but is an invitation for us to join Him in the pain He suffers every day at the hands of sinners. Let us do this all in love for Our Lord.
Make me feel as you have felt;
Make my soul to glow and melt
With the love of Christ our Lord.
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