I have found a Physician who dwells in heaven, but who distributes his medicine on earth. He alone can cure my wounds because He does not suffer from them; He alone can take all sorrow away from my heart and all fear from my soul, because He knows me in the depths of my being.
– St. Ambrose
Prayer To Our Lady Of Sorrows For Holy Church
O Mary, Mother of the Universal Church, Who didst consent to remain in exile upon earth after the Ascension of thy Divine Son, and for long years to be deprived of His visible presence, that thou mightest be the guide, the Mistress, and the loving Mother of the infant...