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Devotion to Our Mother of Sorrows, supported in Sacred Scripture, dates back to the early Church Fathers contemplating Mary’s sufferings at the foot of the cross.
Throughout Church history, various orders and saints have had a special devotion to Our Lady under this title and as such, have focused their ministries on prayer and penance.
September eventually became known as the month of Our Lady of Sorrows because Her feast day of that title had been fittingly appointed for September 15th, the day following The Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
Although The Blessed Virgin endured more interior pain than we can comprehend, the Church has given us seven sorrows on which we can meditate in identification with Our Mother of Sorrows.
Our Lady herself has promised graces to those who honor Her in this way.
The Seven Sorrows of The Blessed Virgin Mary are:
- St. Simeon’s Prophesy
- The Flight into Egypt
- The Loss of Jesus in the Temple
- The Meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the Cross
- The Crucifixion
- Mary Receives the Body of Jesus taken down from the Cross
- The Burial of Jesus
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