may experience my compassion. All those who sincerely ask for my help in their work and in their sorrows will know their mother’s near in this place. Here I will see their fears and I will console men and

impossible for me to express it. The Blessed Virgin explained to me how I should act in the midst of my sorrow, and, pointing to the foot of the altar with her left hand, she told me to come and throw myself [...] needed. Then she said to me: "My child, I want to entrust you with a mission; you will suffer many sorrows in doing it, but you will overcome them at the thought that it is for the glory of the Good Lord

apparition disappeared, I saw Our Lord and Our Lady; it seemed to me to that it was Our Lady of Sorrows. Our Lord appeared to bless the world in the same manner as Saint Joseph had done . " The Marie de

will continue today to look at those spiritual fruits (Continued from October 9): Fruits of the sorrowful mysteries 1st Mystery : The Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Olives (Mt 26: 36-50; Mk 14: 32-46;

on the contrary, he is closely connected to it, because he suffered for it, consuming himself in sorrow for it, saving your Savior at the cost of his own sacrifice because of his holiness. Had he not been

Vatican Gardens, including the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne in Nanterre, France, Our Lady of Sorrows in Kibeho, Rwanda, and the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes at Carfin, Scotland. The intentions [...] and to do what Jesus will tell us, who took upon Himself our sufferings and took upon Himself our sorrows to lead us, through the cross, to the joy of the resurrection. Amen.” Adapted from https://www.c

crosses too . This is why she is called Our Lady, Health of the Sick . The magnificent Stabat Mater (Sorrowful Mother) was written to describe the pain and suffering Mary had to endure during her Son’s crucifixion [...] station keeping stood the mournful Mother weeping, close to her Son to the last. Through her heart, His sorrow sharing, all His bitter anguish bearing, now at length the sword has passed… Christ, when Thou shalt

II). The tears of Mary reveal the sadness of the heart of God who is not loved: These are tears of sorrow for all those who refuse God’s love (Saint John Paul II). Tears are the sign that reflects the tears

"mankind to turn to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart" of Mary. A few years later, on May 31, 1915, Pope Benedict XV also asked the faithful to have recourse to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary [...] the invocation of the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. On March 7, 1916, Cardinal Draper announced his intention to consecrate his diocese and all of Belgium to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart [...] souls, God wants to establish in the world the devotion to my Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart." She also promised: "In the end, my Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart will triumph." The Treaty of Versailles,

devotion that is even more closely associated with the sorrows of Mary: the Via Matris Dolorosae , Via Matris for short (Latin for "the road of the sorrowful Mother”), a tradition dating back to the 16 th century [...] devotion consists of meditating on the sorrows of the Virgin, who was intimately associated with the Passion of her Son. Popular devotion emphasizes seven particular sorrows experienced by the Virgin, around [...] followed, ahead of the Church who is now walking it until the end of time. The Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows, a congregation based in Italy and particularly established in the United States, prays the Via Matris