(Pieta Statue in St. Thomas Becket Church, Veneta, Oregon)

The Sixth Sorrow of Our Lady was when the Side of Our Lord was pierced, and then He was taken down from the Cross and laid in her arms.

"Mary's Immaculate Heart is as broad and immense as the ocean because a sea of torments inundated it. And that is also why Mary's heart is so wonderfully capable of consoling other grief-torn souls. The ebb and flow of the ocean is the most glorious lullaby the Eternal Father has ever created. It soothes and sings to sleep the most restless of beings. Great too as the sea, being the sorrows of our Queen, she has as a consequence an illimitable capacity for healing the wounds of the world and she is rightfully called by her devoted children, 'Consoler of the Afflicted'."

~ Rev. David McAstocker, SJ, Herself, imprimatur 1934.

If we think of her suffering at that moment, our trials and tribulations pale in comparison. Not only was He her God, her All, but He was her own Son too. He was Everything to her. No matter what sorrows we experience in this life, she felt worse. Let us go to her for comfort in our worst moments. She will understand.