Lenten Feast Day of Our Lady of Sorrows (Friday after Passion Sunday*)

The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Like I said in this post:

There is an old, pre-1969 Catholic devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows. Prior to the revision of the liturgical calendar in 1969, the Friday after Passion Sunday was known as the Feast of the Seven Dolors/Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows…Since this Feast of Our Lady essentially duplicated the September 15th Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, it was deleted from the calendar in 1970.

But it’s perfectly acceptable to continue honoring this day as a feast in honor of Our Lady’s Seven Sorrows, hence the Novena I cobbled together which concluded yesterday.

This post from a few years ago has a meditation for each of the Seven Sorrows, I encourage you to read it for today’s meditation: Our Lady of Sorrows.

This post has some general information of the Devotion: Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows

ChurchPop has a few  great articles to learn more about the devotion:

The Seven Sorrows of Mary & The Promises to Those Who Meditate Upon Them Daily

and:

16 Powerful Graces Our Lady Promises to Those Who Honor Her 7 Sorrows

and also:

How to Pray the Seven Sorrows Rosary & Our Lady’s Powerful Promises to Those Who Pray It (that version differs slightly from how I say it; I don’t use the Introductory Prayer mentioned, I just say an Act of Contrition. No worries, there are slightly varying methods of reciting the Seven Sorrows chaplet.) Speaking of which, here is another variant from Immaculee’s website: 7 Sorrows Rosary Prayer.

I hope you enjoy these resources! Please cultivate a devotion to Our Sorrowful Mother!

Christ, when Thou shalt call me hence,
Be Thy Mother my defence,
Be Thy Cross my victory;
While my body here decays,
May my soul thy goodness praise,
Safe in Paradise with Thee.
(Stabat Mater)

*On the contemporary Liturgical Calendar, this is now the Fifth Sunday of Lent.

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