April 2 - Our Lady of the Highest Grace (Dominican Republic, 1506) O Sorrowful Mother “O sorrowful Mother, Saint Mary, tell me something of the Passion of your Son; you saw more than any other saint because [...] of the others to explain what I saw. I saw in that extremely terrible vision, that the Mother of Sorrows, although she was plunged more deeply than any other saint in the horror of the Passion, deeper than

of Our Sorrowful Mother, in Portland Hidden in Portland, Oregon is The Grotto, a beautiful shrine and sanctuary to the Virgin Mary carved out of a cliff side. The National Shrine of our Sorrowful Mother [...] anyone who “in any way or measure, show their good will and assist in erecting the Shrine of Our Sorrowful Mother in Portland.” Starting in September of 1923, a 50-foot-high cave was carved out of the 110

June 1 – Our Lady of Holy Languor (France) Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows In Boutissaint (Department of Yonne, France), near Sens and Auxerre, is the shrine of Notre-Dame de Langueur, a priory founded in [...] it seems certain that the name actually refers to a local denomination of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, also known as Our Lady of the Seven Tongues (“Langues”), distorted into the expression “Saint Langue” [...] feast of Our Lady of Languors is celebrated on the 15th of September, the feast of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, or the Sunday that is the closest. https://www.yonne.catholique.fr/pelerinages

March 4 - Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1603) - 15th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) The apparitions of Our Lady of Sorrows in Castelpetroso On March 22, 1888, in Castelpetroso, two shepherdesses from [...] afterwards, the "Madonna appeared in the center of this light", under the aspect of Our Lady of Sorrows. On April 5, 1888, Diamante Cecchino had the same vision, then Teodora Venditti and her three daughters [...] declared: "I experienced an apparition of the Virgin. She appeared to me in the guise of Our Lady of Sorrows." The prelate wished to have a chapel built at the "holy place" of the apparitions. On September

September 15 - Our Lady of Sorrows Our Lady of Sorrows appeared to an Italian bishop in 1888 On March 22, 1888, in the region of Bologna in Italy, two shepherdesses, Fabiana Cecchino (1853-1939) and Serafina [...] afterwards, the "Virgin appeared in the center of this light", under the features of Our Lady of Sorrows. On April 5, 1888, a certain Diamante Cecchino also had a similar vision, then Teodora Venditti and [...] 23, 1889, he declared: "I received an apparition of the Virgin. She appeared to me as Our Lady of Sorrows." The bishop decided to build a chapel at the "holy place" of the apparitions. On September 28, 1890

Letter (Messina, Italy) – Solemnity of the Holy Trinity Kierkeegard, a Protestant, speaks of Mary’s sorrow “As Christ cries: My God, My God, why have you forsaken me - so must the Virgin Mary suffer the human

January 10 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1546) – Saint Gregory of Nyssa “There are times when the Sorrowful mysteries are the ones that speak most to my heart” When I pray the Rosary, I usually just want [...] His Son, truly understood sorrow and grief and sadness. There’s no grief we can bring to her that she doesn’t understand. Maybe that’s why I love the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows—and I appreciate it more [...] want to focus on the Joyful mysteries. But there are times when the Sorrowful mysteries are the ones that speak most to my heart. There are days when it’s comforting to know that the holiest woman to walk

September 15 – Our Lady of Sorrows The reasons of Mary’s unspeakable sorrows Today, as we celebrate the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, we contemplate Mary sharing her Son’s compassion for sinners. As

Children of Mary dressed in white (1947) "In a time of great sorrow, I remembered the heart of the Mother of Perpetual Help" In a time of great sorrow, not knowing where to take refuge, fearing to be misled

feel a sorrow for my sins, which encourages me to trust; and as God has not yet abandoned me, I wish to make my confession." And in fact on that day he made his confession four times with great sorrow; the [...] Portaitissa (Holy Keeper of the Gate) This hardened sinner had always preserved in devotion to Mary’s sorrows There was once a lord as noble by birth as he was low and sinful in his habits. He had given himself [...] for the deceased, although he had led so sinful a life, yet had always preserved devotion to her sorrows, whenever he remembered them he pitied her. St Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary, 535