Why awe is the right response to Our Lady of SorrowsHere's why Our Lady of Sorrows is about more than having pity on the Mother of God – and why she is called the ‘co-redemptrix.’Many meditations on Our Lady of Sorrows emphasise the suffering she endured at the foot of the Cross.For instance, the excellent Practical Meditations for Every Day of the Year offers the following parallel as a way of understanding Our Lady’s suffering:“To understand in some measure how much she suffers, we must conceive the idea of a mother, the tenderest of mothers, who loves nothing so much...