How sad and how painful must it have been for Mary to behold her beloved Son laden with the Cross, covered with wounds and blood, and earnestly did she desire to die instead of Jesus, or at least with Him!

O Jesus,  O Mary,  I am the cause of the pains that pierced your hearts.   Would that my heart might experience some of your sufferings. O Mother,  let me share in thy sufferings and those of they Son,  that I may obtain the grace of a happy death.