Through Mary's eyes...

I posted on reading John Paul II' s letter on the rosary a few days ago.

One of the things JPII said was that the rosary is like looking at Christ's life through Mary's eyes. Funny that I always focussed on the mystery and Christ, and not so much how our Blessed Mother viewed the scene.

So today, driving home from Columbia, I tried meditating on the mysteries through Mary's eyes. At one point, I tried to imagine one of my sons going through Christ's passion as our blessed Mother watched her son. I couldn't. I teared up and couldn't continue meditating along those lines (especially driving). That short moment brought a new perspective both to the thorn which pierced Mary's heart and Christ's Passion itself.