PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Sep 15, 2026 · 5m

Original Airdate: September 15, 2023

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Gospel

Luke 2:33-35

Jesus’ father and mother were amazed at what was said about him;

and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother,

“Behold, this child is destined

for the fall and rise of many in Israel,

and to be a sign that will be contradicted

and you yourself a sword will pierce

so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

Reflection

What Simeon and Anna had told Mary and Joseph about their son was that he was the one to come. He was the Messiah. And they must have had some sense of that because of the way his birth took place. But…