Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican (Stanislav Traykov, Wikicommons).
"Pietà"
by Br. Stephen J. Camara, MIC
“All you who pass by, look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow…” — Lamentations 1:12
I, Jesus, lie in Mother's arms so mild,
I, Mary, bear in grief my tender child.
I lie in death, so weak and still and cold.
I, living still, the weak with love enfold.
I lie, despised by men with hate and ire.
I sit, enkindling lost souls with Love's fire.
I bore the Cross of love with all its pain.
I bear the cross as if I, too, were slain.
I found a Church to stand through all the years,
I trust in Him, my foresight dimmed with tears.
I, Jesus, shall arise in three days' time.
I, Mary, give to earth my child sublime.
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