Feeling unwanted, unwelcome and like a pilgrim.
I was praying the 7 Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary today, on the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel... it is Friday, the 16th of June, in the year 2021 of our Lord Jesus Christ. And I came to this meditation from St. Alphonsus Liguori: Second Sorrow of Mary The Flight of Jesus into Egypt Meditation Having heard that the long-awaited Messiah had been born, Herod foolishly feared that He would deprive him of his kingdom. Herod waited to hear from the holy Magi where the young King was born, and planned to take His life. When he found he had been deceived, he ordered all the infants in the neighborhood of Bethlehem to be put to death. It was at that time that the angel appeared in a dream to St. Joseph and told him: “Arise, and take the Child and His Mother, and flee into Egypt” (Mt. 2:13). No sooner is Jesus born than He is persecuted. Mary began to realize that Simeon’s prophecy regarding Her Son was beginning to be fulfilled. What anguish the realization of the impending exile must
