Our Lady of Sorrows: The Greatest Sorrow—Losing Jesus for Three Days

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When Mary and Joseph realized Jesus was missing, their hearts entered a night only the saints can name. Drawing on Fr. F. W. Faber’s The Foot of the Cross (The Dolors of Mary) and Venerable Fulton Sheen, this meditation explains why the third sorrow—the three days’ loss of Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2:41–52)—may have pierced Our Lady most deeply. It shows how Mary becomes not only Stella Matutina (Morning Star), but our Stella Nocturna—our captain in the night—when we face confusion, dryness, and doubt. Key themes: Our Lady of Sorrows, Seven Sorrows as “crescendos” of a life of suffering, the “dark night of the soul,” St. Joseph’s hidden anguish, and gentle, steadfast ways to “seek Him whom our soul loves” when we’ve lost sight of Jesus. If this talk helped you, please Like, Subscribe, and share it with someone who needs hope in a season of spiritual dryness. Scripture: Luke 2:41–52 Sources mentioned: Fr. F. W. Faber, The Foot of the Cross (The Dolors of Mary); Ven. Fulton J. Sheen 💬 Reflection question: Where do you feel “in the dark” right now—and how can Mary lead you to Jesus there? 🙏 Prayer: Mother of Sorrows, stay with us and never let us lose you. ——— Chapters 00:00 Introduction & context: Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows 00:25 Why this topic matters; Fr. Faber on “worlds within each sorrow” 01:52 Seven Sorrows as crescendos—Mary’s life “filled to the brim” with suffering 02:30 Why the third sorrow may be the greatest 03:19 Calvary vs. the three days’ loss—“She did not know why” 04:05 Mary’s foreknowledge; “Jesus came into the world to die” (Sheen) 05:00 The soul’s darkness when Jesus seems absent 06:02 Questions that assailed Mary; interior trials without answers 07:21 Peace amid pain: Mary’s perfect self-mastery 08:11 Humility and the dark night—suffering without guilt 09:10 St. Joseph’s hidden burden and humility 10:10 Mary as Stella Nocturna: Captain in our night 11:18 Don’t confuse punishment for infidelity with mystical trial 12:26 How to search for Jesus again—Faber’s gentle counsel 13:18 Take courage: Mary teaches us to find Him 14:33 Closing prayer For more from this parish please visit https://www.institute-christ-king.org/wausau-sermons & please remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest #OurLadyOfSorrows #SevenSorrows #FindingJesusInTheTemple #Catholic #MarianDevotion #FultonSheen #FrFaber #DarkNightOfTheSoul #StJoseph #SensusFidelium #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicHomily #SpiritualDryness #DolorsOfMary #Luke2 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Follow the Institute of Christ the King on... Facebook: facebook.com/ICKSP Twitter: twitter.com/ICKSP Instagram: instagram.com/ICKSP 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.us for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SensusFidelium.TV - https://sensusfidelium.tv/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-cath

Topics

• Suffering & Trials
• Jesus Christ