(The Last Supper, depicted in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, Northern Ireland)

Tonight we commemorate the Last Supper, the night before He gave His life to open the gates of Heaven for us. He gave us the gift of Himself in the Holy Eucharist, that He might abide with us forever. His final discourse, as recorded in the Gospel of John, comforts and encourages us down through the centuries.

But to finish our 7 days of the 7 Sorrows of Our Lady:

The Seventh Sorrow of the Blessed Virgin Mary was when Her Son was laid in the tomb.

"There are very few among us who have not already stood at the grave of a loved one. Let us take our place near the afflicted Mother of God at the tomb, and find consolation and courage in her valor and resignation to God's Will in time of trial. The oppressed, harassed heart will find true comfort in her presence. No one leaves her without having obtained relief, for as St. Bernard's prayer says so well: 'Never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection and sought thy help was left unaided.'"

~ Rev. Joseph Lucas, P.S.M., Hand in Hand with Our Mother, imprimatur 1947.