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Matthew · « **on:** September 09, 2008, 09:23:42 AM »

THE SEVEN SORROWS DEVOTION

The Blessed Virgin Mary grants seven graces to the souls who honor her daily by saying seven Hail Mary's and meditating on her tears and dolors (sorrows). The Hail Mary is prayed seven times, once after each meditation. This devotion was passed on by St. Bridget.

HERE ARE THE SEVEN GRACES:

1. I will grant peace to their families.
2. They will be enlightened about the divine mysteries.
3. I will console them in their pains and I will accompany
them in their work.
4. I will give them as much as they ask for as long as it does not oppose
the adorable will of my divine Son or the sanctification of their souls.
5. I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the infernal enemy and
I will protect them at every instant of their lives.
6. I will visibly help them at the moment of their death, they will see the
face of their Mother.
7. I have obtained (This Grace) from my divine Son, that those who propagate
this devotion to my tears and dolors, will be taken directly from this
earthly life to eternal happiness since all their sins will be forgiven and
my Son and I will be their eternal consolation and joy.

SEVEN SORROWS

1. The prophecy of Simeon. (St. Luke 2: 34, 35)
2. The flight into Egypt. (St. Matthew 2:13,14)
3. The loss of the Child Jesus in the temple. (St. Luke 2: 43-45)
4. The meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the Cross.
5. The Crucifixion.
6. The taking down of the Body of Jesus from the Cross.
7. The burial of Jesus.

The Hail Mary: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen

Dulcamara · « **Reply #1 on:** September 10, 2008, 11:28:25 AM »

You beat me to it!

Love this devotion. And, more importantly, Our Lord asked through one of His visionaries, for a particular devotion to the SORROWFUL and Imaculate heart of Mary, and that the title "Sorrowful" should be placed before "Immaculate" because it ("sorrowful") was a title she herself earned.

Of course, "devotion" does not mean just adding it to the end of your rosary. The word conjures up the idea of being particularly attentive to something or someone, to particularly love and concern one's self with it. Not exactly what most people give to either the Sacred Heart, or the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary...

So this devotion is a good place to start. If you're actually thinking about her sorrows, it's a lot easier to grow real, actual devotion. You can't be devoted to the heart of someone you really don't know, and whose heart you don't really know.

Adesto · « **Reply #2 on:** September 18, 2008, 09:40:24 AM »

This is an excellent little book on the Seven Sorrows, with devotions taken from the Raccolta. We bought some to distribute to our parish.

The Seven Sorrows- TAN

Adesto · « **Reply #3 on:** September 18, 2008, 09:44:07 AM »

While searching for images of the Sorrows, I came across this lovely little game :really-mad2:

Wikipedia: Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows

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Centuries ago, four immortal heroes were gathered together to serve the emperor. He trusted their advice, but sought their immortality, and so his six great advisors used this against him, and tricked him into crucifying the heroes on a great tree at the bottom of the world. Afterwards the emperor regretted this act, and yet committed six other sorrows before he was killed by his trusted advisors. However, before his death he undid his first great sorrow and released his loyal heroes from the tree. Mysteriously set free, the heroes now must set out to destroy the emperor's twisted advisors and set right the emperor's six other sorrows. If the ancient heroes cannot undo the emperor's deeds on their own, his mad plans may tear apart the world.

Twisting references to Our Lady and to Crucifixion seems to becoming more and more popular and mainstream as the days wear on. No wonder games and movies rental shops have so much trash in them.

Dulcamara · « **Reply #4 on:** September 18, 2008, 10:06:02 AM »

Oh, I know... It's horrible, but it's also very logical. The enemy who never sleeps has one war always in full swing: that against God, and everything OF God. So it's quite natural that, as people become more and more immoral and godless, they turn more and more toward blasphemy and sacrilege. Who has dominion over their souls?

If you're not in one camp, you're automatically in the other. That's just the way this unseen warfare works.

spouse of Jesus · « **Reply #5 on:** March 12, 2009, 03:39:09 AM »

sigh.....
if a person says 7 hail Maries without those meditations,will he be deprived of so many graces and promises?
there are many people who cannot meditate due to many facts like:mental illness,constant temptations against purity which get worse if you try to make a mental image of any thing,akasthesia,excessive headache/anxiety and many others.

Adesto · « **Reply #6 on:** March 12, 2009, 05:34:10 AM »

Spouse, the little booklet I linked to does not demand heavy meditations. It simply gives little prayers to be said before each Hail Mary for each Sorrow. It doesn't ask for half-hour long sessions of intense meditation. But to answer your question, if you try to do your best by way of thinking about the subject matter, or say to God "I can't concentrate right now, Lord, but I'm trying my best", I'm sure you will get many graces for trying. Remember God isn't interested in results, but effort. St. Therese of the Child Jesus confided that she had spent many years in terrible dryness of soul, and yet she was confident that she had won many graces through her efforts to persevere.

God knows a person's heart and soul as well as knowing their problems with headaches or mental illness. If we find things difficult, we can often gain even more graces than if we found things easy and pleasing to us. That's not to say that we must force ourselves in religious exercises when they make us ill or exhausted, or prevent us from fulfilling our duty of state.

NoMasKoolAid · « **Reply #7 on:** March 14, 2009, 12:06:33 AM »

When I saw the YouTube Easter Vigil Mass (from 1941), I told myself if I ever get a chance to go to Chicago, I've got to go to Our Lady of Sorrows. Well, I got my chance, and let me tell you being able to spend an hour alone in that mostly uncorrupted basillica was incredibly edifying. The rector told me that back in the 1930's/1940's there would be 70,000 people overflowing the church and into the surrounding streets to pray the Novena. So strong was the community there were 18 Masses every Sunday. Now there are just about 100 families (black congregation) and the building is starting to show its age. The art is like nothing I've ever seen. The altar of St. Joseph w/ Our Lord holding tight His Cross; the neglected altar dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory (everybody goes straight to Heaven since Vatican II), the incredible murals, the main altar (just HUGE), the 80-foot barrel ceiling, and especially the altar of Our Lady of Sorrows which has Our Lady with a contenance like nothing I've ever seen before...such bitter sorrow she has. When I think of all the souls...the Sacraments...the sorrows that have been placed before God there, it really melts my heart.

I have a silly dream of taking my priests, organist, and Knights of the Altar up there, say the True Mass..with Gregorian Chant...and then have an all night vigil in reparation dedicated to Our Lady.

Irenaeus · « **Reply #8 on:** March 17, 2009, 11:01:16 PM »

The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows is my favorite devotion after the Rosary.

You can pray it online at this site:

http://www.ixeh.net/faith/Seven-S/ss-menu.html#ss-main

Catholic Tradition has an excellent page on Our Lady of Sorrows.

http://www.catholictradition.org/Mary/sorrows.htm

Our Lady of the Rosary Library has the best prices I've found on these chaplets.

http://www.olrl.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=O

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #9 on:** January 22, 2013, 07:32:23 PM »

Quote from: Irenaeus

The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows is my favorite devotion after the Rosary.

You can pray it online at this site:

http://www.ixeh.net/faith/Seven-S/ss-menu.html#ss-main

Catholic Tradition has an excellent page on Our Lady of Sorrows.

http://www.catholictradition.org/Mary/sorrows.htm

Our Lady of the Rosary Library has the best prices I've found on these chaplets.

http://www.olrl.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=O

The first link is no longer active (ixeh.net/faith/Seven..........)

But the Catholic Tradition site is still available. It's a huge website, and the
indexing isn't very good. Without this link you end up going through two or
three different menus to find the 7 Sorrows series. So this link is a good thing.