Explore the Seven Sorrows of Mary With Mary Jane Fox. Learn about the close bond between Mary and Jesus as we look at the Seven Sorrows that show her love and pain. Discover how her sorrows can help us face our own struggles and find hope.
In this episode, you will discover:
- Why is Mary called Our Lady of Sorrows?
- The meaning of the Rosary of Our Lady of Sorrows.
- Mary’s lessons on compassion, presence, and hope after suffering.
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"The Martyrs endured their torments in their bodies; Mary suffered Hers in Her soul.” - St. Alphonsus Liguori
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7 Sorrows of Mary
1. The prophecy of Simeon (Luke 2:25-35)
2. The flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13-15)
3. Loss of the Child Jesus for three days (Luke 2:41-50)
4. Mary meets Jesus on his way to Calvary (Luke 23:27-31; John 19:17)
5. Crucifixion and Death of Jesus (John 19:25-30)
6. The body of Jesus being taken from the Cross (Psalm 130; Luke 23:50-54; John 19:31-37)
7. The burial of Jesus (Isaiah 53:8; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42; Mark 15:40-47)
"The Blessed Virgin suffered by sacrificing her Son's life, a life that she loved far more than her own; so that she not only suffered in her soul all that her Son endured in His body, but moreover the sight of her Son's torments brought more grief to her heart than if she had endured them all in her own person.
Mary suffered all those torments, scourges, thorns, nails, and the cross, which tortured the innocent flesh of Jesus, all entered at the same time into the heart of this Blessed Virgin, to complete her martyrdom.
"He suffered in "the flesh, and she in her heart. So much so, that the heart of Mary became, as it were, a mirror of the Passion of the Son, in which might be seen, faithfully reflected, the spitting, the blows and wounds, and all that Jesus suffered." Those wounds—which were scattered over the body of our Lord were all united in the single heart of Mary." - St. Alphonsus Ligouri
How to Pray the Rosary of Our Lady of Sorrows - A deeply contemplative prayer that helps us enter into Mary’s lived experience. Many who pray it daily find that it not only brings healing but also draws them into a deeper union with Christ’s Passion.
