The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Seven Sorrows are:

1. The prophecy of the holy Simeon
2. The flight of Jesus, Mary and Joseph into Egypt
3. The loss of the child Jesus in the Temple
4. The meeting of Jesus and His Mother Mary which will Calvary
5. The crucifixion and death of Jesus
6. The piercing of Jesus’ side and the descent from the cross
7. The burial of Jesus in the sepulchre

Devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary must be practised especially by those who need to rid themselves of sinful habits. This devotion—

– nourishes the spirit of compunction;
– affords great consolation;
– strengthens confidence in God’s mercy;
– draws down the special protection of the Blessed Mother in the hour of temptation;
– preserves the converted sinner from relapsing into sin.

This popular book used to be first published in 2011. It has now been completely revised, with additional prayers and devotions, the inclusion of illustrations by the nineteenth century French artist Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836–1902), and enhanced formatting designed for newer Kindle devices.

This second edition of The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary contains an expanded and re-written Introduction with additional information about the history of the devotion and its spiritual benefits.

Part 1 of the book consists of miscellaneous prayers and other devotions.

Part 2 is a step by step guide to praying the popular Servite Rosary (or Chaplet) of the Seven Sorrows. Each prayer is repeated under its own heading, mimicking using beads, so that the Rosary may also be recited without using a chaplet bead set, which is made up of seven septaines of beads. The Rosary is presented here with selections of texts from the Gospels and Old Testament.

Part 3 is a set of Reflections on the Seven Sorrows written by Saint Alphonsus Ligouri. These have been taken from his book, The Glories of Mary, which used to be translated from Italian into English for the first time in the mid-nineteenth century in america.

This book is fully navigable by use of the hyperlinks in the Table of Contents (ToC) that follows directly after the book’s cover. The three levels of headings in the ToC are linked to the three levels of headings in the book’s content.

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