Jacopone da Todi (Jacopone Benedetti): At the cross her station keeping (from Stabat Mater Dolorosa)

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At the cross her station keeping (from Stabat Mater Dolorosa)

by Jacopone da Todi (Jacopone Benedetti)
(1230 - 1306) Timeline

Original Language
Italian

Christian : Catholic

13th Century

At the cross her station keeping,
Stood the mournful Mother weeping,
Close to Jesus to the last:
Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,
All his bitter anguish bearing,
Now at length the sword had passed.

-- from All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time, by Robert Ellsberg

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Themes

Heart

Smile

Womb

Recommended Books

	All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time, by Robert Ellsberg
	Jacopone da Todi: Lauds (Classics of Western Spirituality), Translated by Serge and Elizabeth Hughes
	Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs

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