Lady of Sorrows

Dec 8

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Panteon Municipal
Panteon Municipal (Municipal Cemetery), San Andrés Cholula, México
 


Lady of Sorrows,
how could you not feel our pain,
having lost your Son?

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Posted on December 8, 2012, in A Virgin a Day, Cholula, Haiku Heights, Mexico, Puebla, Recuerda Mi Corazon, senryu, Shadow Shot Sunday 2, Straight Out of the Camera Sunday. Bookmark the permalink. 35 Comments.

  1. Grace | December 8, 2012 at 6:48 am

    The question format is creatively done ~

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  2. WabiSabi | December 8, 2012 at 7:38 am

    She absorbs it all, I think.

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  3. Chie | December 8, 2012 at 7:47 am

    Hi Maam MT!
    A perfect shot for my heart today.

    TY lots for sharing. It makes my heart ease seeing a Mother of Love.

    Hugs,
    /Chie

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  4. Ralph | December 8, 2012 at 7:57 am

    The virgin knows sorrow…and truly understands the pain of life in a more profound way than many of us ever will. She looks so pure in white, and we know the virgin was…

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  5. Meenakshi Malhotra | December 8, 2012 at 8:10 am

    oh! that is very touching, the picture and haiku are awesome!

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  7. glorv1vivalavida | December 8, 2012 at 10:10 am

    It’s a beautiful Mary and yes she does know pain. Very nice.

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  8. judie | December 8, 2012 at 10:13 am

    Awesome haiku to go with that image. Truth.

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  9. glorv1vivalavida | December 8, 2012 at 10:31 am

    I’ll try to leave a comment, but for some reason I have to keep signing in to wordpress and it still won’t take a comment. Of course this statue is just awesome and your Haiku spot on. I know the pain. Thank you. Happy Mary Day to you.

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  10. Susan | December 8, 2012 at 10:38 am

    I think that is why the little child floats her above like a balloon rather than a burden. She carries our prayers beyond the grave along wit her own.

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  11. gemma | December 8, 2012 at 10:38 am

    Love how you effortlessly turn meaningful thoughts into haiku.

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  12. Norma Ruttan | December 8, 2012 at 10:46 am

    I second Gemma’s comment. Every day I am enthralled with how your haikus are so apt.

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  13. Lea | December 8, 2012 at 11:01 am

    This heart-sorrow, it weaves through us all… thank you for your words, here and in witnessing mine… magicalmysticalteacher… you touch us with such beauty…

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  14. onestillframe | December 8, 2012 at 11:05 am

    lovely post for shadow shot Sunday mmt!!

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  15. Ruby | December 8, 2012 at 11:56 am

    Heartfelt and beautiful……….

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  16. Meri | December 8, 2012 at 12:10 pm

    Indeed.

    so much expected
    of one young and innocent
    oh! exalted one

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  18. Patti V. | December 8, 2012 at 3:37 pm

    Beautiful post, MMT. I also love your Haiku, as others before have said.

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  19. Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studio | December 8, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    Talk about a staggering commission our Mother was asked to do. Your words say it all.

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  20. laurie zuckerman | December 8, 2012 at 7:15 pm

    Yes, what I love about altars and shrines is that they keep on honoring the ones we have lost in this physical life. Each year they age with such grace, like the shrine you have featured today.

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  22. rebecca | December 8, 2012 at 9:42 pm

    mary is no stranger to pain. i turn to her strength when i feel mine waning.

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  23. Joanne Moceri-Taveira | December 8, 2012 at 10:32 pm

    I went with the ‘Pieta’ theme too…the ultimate pain – losing a child

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  24. pritilisa | December 8, 2012 at 11:12 pm

    Oh that human condition called heartbreak…
    do they have it where the angel’s sing?

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    • magicalmysticalteacher | December 9, 2012 at 1:21 am

      Nope. Revelation 21:4 says: “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” It’s about the only thing I understand—and hold on to—from that cryptic biblical book!

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  26. Hettienne Grobler | December 9, 2012 at 8:21 am

    so infinitely tender and powerful

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  27. Yogi | December 9, 2012 at 9:13 am

    I love the memorial, and the haiku, I guess there is a reason they call her the Lady of Sorrows

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  28. Prema | December 9, 2012 at 10:16 am

    She does know. Which is why we turn to her for succour from our own sorrows.

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  29. Hazel Anastasia | December 9, 2012 at 9:13 pm

    Sometimes I forget that there won’t be any pain after this world is made new. I’m happy to be reminded of that verse in Revelation.

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  30. Locomente | December 10, 2012 at 12:07 am

    Straight from the heart…
    A question difficult to answer
    http://locomente.blogspot.in/2012/12/pain.html

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  31. kaykuala | December 11, 2012 at 11:27 am

    The Lady of Sorrows appropriately extended in your haiku, MMT!. A question cleverly constructed!

    Hank

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