Mother as Our Lady of Sorrows? St Bonaventure wrote of Mary’s sorrow at her Son’s death that “no grief was more bitter than hers, because no son was as dear as her Son.” From what tradition tells us, the [...] June 16 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1892) – Canonization of Padre Pio (2002) The Stabat Mater: Mary's Bitter Passion Is there any grief like a mother’s when she loses her child? Stabat Mater , a Latin [...] Dolors] of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 15th. Its use as a sequence is optional now on that feast day (now called the feast for Our Lady of Sorrows), but the hymn is often prayed with the Stations
February 24 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1879) – Death of Catholic writer Paul Claudel (1868 - 1955) God entered the world patiently, through Mary In a television appearance aired on December 17, 2018 [...] wife." "There is a perception of the 'maternity' of the Church that comes from the 'motherhood' of Mary, the 'tenderness' of the Church that comes from the tenderness of Mary," he concluded. Zenit [...] patiently share in the passion of God in Christ." "Being patient” the pope continued, “means having the ability to carry life’s difficulties on one's shoulders with a sense of hope, looking onward. Only a
February 24 –Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1879) She lets herself be caught, trusting in God The Virgin loved to offer herself: to the God of her Fathers, as and better than the holy women of Scripture had [...] support of her fiancé who, like her, had offered himself fully to the same God of Israel. It came as a great surprise for him to learn from His mouth that the woman betrothed to him, or whom he chose, was [...] Therese of Lisieux admired her for it. She resolutely wanted to remain a virgin, yet trustingly accepted to be given in marriage. Everything worked out all right in the end for Mary, thanks to the support
April 20 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Quito, Ecuador) The Rosary has something musical about it I often used to spend time with a friend from church I’d known for years. During all our conversations, music lightly [...] alone, but rather with—with Mary to carry our prayers to her Son, with saints whose charism coincides with our intentions. We pray in community—and it is a massive community of saints—while experiencing an [...] Rosary is a back and forth movement, a swaying to the music of the Holy. The Hail Marys’ familiar words smooth in the background, the Our Fathers punctuating our space with heaven’s beat as the world outside
September 15 - Our Lady of Seven Sorrows What Have I Not Done for France? She was as usual, with rain falling from her hands, and she spoke, “I will remember the efforts that you have made to stay calm. It’s [...] she was going to say, but I understood immediately that there must be some discord. Then she began speaking again slowly, “They should pray and rely on me.” Then the Blessed Virgin said to me sadly, although [...] crying, “What have I not done for France? I have given so many warnings, and yet France refuses to listen to me! I cannot hold back my Son’s arm any longer.” She seemed upset as she added, “France will suffer
September 15 - Our Lady of Seven Sorrows What Have I Not Done for France? She was as usual, with rain falling from her hands, and she spoke, "I will remember the efforts that you have made to stay calm. It's [...] she was going to say, but I understood immediately that there must be some discord. Then she began speaking again slowly, "They should pray and rely on me." Then the Blessed Virgin said to me sadly, although [...] crying, "What have I not done for France? I have given so many warnings, and yet France refuses to listen to me! I cannot hold back my Son's arm any longer." She seemed upset as she added, "France will suffer
April 20 - Our Lady of Sorrows (Peru, 1906) “My life has changed since I began praying the Perpetual Rosary for the World” On October 30, 2021, I saw my friend Irene after a gap of 20 years. She told me [...] the testimonial of a certain Catherine, who received the vision of the protective rosary from the Virgin Mary on September 21, 2020... which happens to be my birthday! Since that day of October 30, driven [...] physically, began to be lifted, and then it completely disappeared through prayer... It has not returned since. The day after that meeting, as Irene had suggested, I went to the website of the Perpetual Rosary
December 21 - Our Lady of Seven Sorrows (Italy, 1672) Shall I Nurse You? She asked him, "What should I call you? Man? But your conception is divine. God? But you are clothed with our flesh and blood. What [...] son or pray to you like my God? Should I give you milk or incense? What an ineffable mystery! Heaven uses you as a throne and you lie in my arms! You give yourself wholly to the inhabitants of the earth [...] earth, Yet you do not deprive Heaven of your presence."
September 15 – Our Lady of Sorrows Mary was martyred in her soul The martyrdom of the Virgin is hinted at both in the prophecy of Simeon and in the narrative of the Lord’s Passion. "This child is here [...] here," said the saintly old man of the child Jesus, "as a sign of contradiction; and you"—he is now speaking to Mary—"a sword will pierce your own soul." Blessed Mother, it is very true that a sword pierced [...] it—that Paul counts lack of affection among the greatest crimes of the Gentiles. It was far from being so for Mary’s heart. May it be far from being so for her little servants. Sermon of Saint Bernard
evening of Friday, May 12, 2017, in Fatima, Portugal, in celebration of the 100 th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady, Pope Francis, quoting the words of Paul VI, greeted the pilgrims of Fatima [...] July 2 – Our Lady of Piat (Philippines) – The Placing of the Venerable Robe of the Virgin, the “maphorion,” at Blachernae (Constantinople, 473) Pope Francis: "If we want to be Christian, we must be Marian [...] these words: " If we want to be Christian, we must be Marian ." The Holy Father then addressed the crowd who came to pray at the feet of the statue of Mary, in the Chapel of the apparitions. This 19 th
