STABAT MATER DOLOROSA Stabat Mater Dolorosa is considered one of the seven greatest Latin hymns of all time. It is based upon the prophecy of Simeon that a sword was to pierce the heart of…
Consecration to Our Lady of Sorrows Most holy Virgin and Queen of Martyrs, Mary, would that I could be in Heaven, there to contemplate the honors rendered to Thee by the…
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, that the most blessed Virgin Mary, thy Mother, may intercede for us before the throne of thy mercy, now and at the hour of our death, whose most holy soul was transfixed with the sword of sorrow in the hour of thine own Passion. Through Thee, Jesus…
Novena to the Sorrowful MotherMOST BLESSED and afflicted Virgin, Queen of Martyrs, who didst stand generously beneath the cross, beholding the agony of thy dying Son; by the sword of sorrow…
SEVEN PRAYERS IN HONOR OF THE SEVEN SORROWS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY…
LITANY OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS (Composed by Pope Pius VII in 1809 during his captivity under Napoleon.) Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Christ,…
Prayer for Past Ingratitude to Our Sorrowful Mother O compassionate Mother, most sacred Virgin, behold at Thy feet the traitor, who, by paying with ingratitude the graces…
Prayer of Repentance to Our Sorrowful MotherO Mother of Sorrows, by the anguish and love with which thou didst stand at the Cross of Jesus, stand by me in my last agony. To thy maternal heart I commend the last three hours of my life. Offer to the Eternal Father in union with the agony of our…
O Most Sorrowful Mother, you truly became the Queen of all martyrs as these seven bitter swords of sorrow pierced your Immaculate Heart! By the merits of your tearful distress obtain for us and for all sinners the graces of perfect contrition and conversion.Help us always, dear Mother, to imitate…
Mary, most holy Virgin and Queen of Martyrs, accept the sincere homage of my filial affection.Into thy heart, pierced by so many swords, do thou welcome my poor soul.Receive it as the companion of thy sorrows at the foot of the Cross, on which Jesus died for the redemption of the world.With thee, O…
In this time of apostasy, to unite in prayers to share in Our Lady's and the Church's suffering and to offer reparation.