Mary, I repeat, already knew all the sufferings that her Son was to endure in the words of St. Simeon: "And thy own soul a sword shall pierce."  She consented to all.  " I unite mine to thy holy will, and sacrifice to thee this my Son.  And I also sacrifice to thee my heart; let grief pierce it as much as pleases thee; it suffices to me that thou, oh my God, art glorified and satisfied; not my will, but thine be done."  She accompanied him to the place of punishment.  She was with him from the first moment he was placed upon the cross.   There stood by Jesus his mother until she saw him expire, and the sacrifice was consummated.  And all this to complete the offering which she had already made of him to God in the temple.   Saint Alphonsus Liguori "The Glories of Mary"