MARY, THE MOTHER OF MERCY

Mary, ever Virgin, is a true Mother of Mercy, who disposes Jesus to clemency. As a consoler of the human race, she never ceases to pour out before Him her prayer for the salvation of the faithful crushed by the weight of their sins.
By St. Pius V

THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST - A GREAT BOOK

The Crucifixion — Pompeo Batoni, 1762

From twelve o’clock until three o’clock there was an unearthly darkness that fell over the land, for nature, in sympathy with its Creator, refused to shed its light upon the crime of deicide. Humankind, having condemned the Light of the World, now lost the cosmic symbol of the Light, the sun. At Bethlehem, where He was born at midnight, the heavens were suddenly filled with light; at Calvary, when He entered into the ignominy of His crucifixion at midday, the heavens were bereaved of light.

—Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Life of Christ