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Probably not an original observation, but it just clicked after reading and block-quoting this:
Truly, O blessed Mother, truly did the iron pierce thy soul (Ps. civ. 18), for it could not otherwise pierce the Flesh of thy Son. After the death of thy Jesus—thy Jesus, I say, because although common to all of us he is in an especial manner thine—His Soul could not be wounded by the cruel lance that opened His side—not sparing Him even in death Whom it was no longer capable of hurting—but thy soul, O Mary, it could and did transpierce. For His Soul no longer occupied His now lifeless Heart, whence thy soul could by no means be withdrawn. Consequently thy soul was transfixed with the violence of sorrow, so that thou art justly proclaimed to be more than a martyr, since the sufferings thou didst endure from the force of thy compassion far exceeded all the pains that could have been inflicted on thy flesh. (Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermon on the Octave of the Assumption of the BVM, emphasis added)
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Nienna = Our Lady of Sorrows.
Thoughts?
ETA: Not that Nienna is the only Marian character, or even the only Marian Valie, by any means. Varda is most obvious, especially once you start reading reflections on the (questionable) etymology of the name "Mary" as "Star of the Sea." The bolded part of the quote above just grabbed me as I was typing it.
Truly, O blessed Mother, truly did the iron pierce thy soul (Ps. civ. 18), for it could not otherwise pierce the Flesh of thy Son. After the death of thy Jesus—thy Jesus, I say, because although common to all of us he is in an especial manner thine—His Soul could not be wounded by the cruel lance that opened His side—not sparing Him even in death Whom it was no longer capable of hurting—but thy soul, O Mary, it could and did transpierce. For His Soul no longer occupied His now lifeless Heart, whence thy soul could by no means be withdrawn. Consequently thy soul was transfixed with the violence of sorrow, so that thou art justly proclaimed to be more than a martyr, since the sufferings thou didst endure from the force of thy compassion far exceeded all the pains that could have been inflicted on thy flesh. (Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermon on the Octave of the Assumption of the BVM, emphasis added)
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Nienna = Our Lady of Sorrows.
Thoughts?
ETA: Not that Nienna is the only Marian character, or even the only Marian Valie, by any means. Varda is most obvious, especially once you start reading reflections on the (questionable) etymology of the name "Mary" as "Star of the Sea." The bolded part of the quote above just grabbed me as I was typing it.
