romero 7

Even when all despaired

at the hour when Christ was dying on the cross,

Mary, serene,

awaited the hour of the resurrection.

Mary is the symbol

of the people who suffer oppression and injustice.

Theirs is the calm suffering

that awaits the resurrection.

It is Christian suffering,

the suffering of the church,

which does not accept the present injustices

but awaits without rancor the moment

when the Risen One will return

to give us the redemption 

we await.

[7.12.77]