Posted 18th April 2012 at 06:36 PM by episkopos A PIERCING SWORD
(And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. (Luke 2:34-35)
Can you imagine the pain of mother Mary as she stood at Golgatha? I believe that she must have remembered the prophecy of Simeon, "a sword shall pierce... |