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September 15  Our Lady of Sorrows

It seems like it was such a joyful occasion last week for Mary’s birthday, and now we have to be sad?I usually don’t like to dwell on the sorrowful, but just as Mary was a real person who had a real birthday, she also was a real woman who underwent some serious suffering.To understand Christ’s deep love and his suffering for us, it is helpful to look at it through the eyes of His Mother.This is why the church holds this feast day and supports devotions to the sorrows or dolors of Mary.There are seven sorrows that the church recognizes.Can you and your family name them all? (See https://www.catholiccompany.com/content/The-Seven-Sorrows-of-Mary.cfm )
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Litany of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows

written by Pope Pius VII.It may seem long, but it really is a beautiful prayer to say with your family.The leader simply says the left.Everyone else says the blue. Because most of it is “pray for us,” you don’t need additional copies, and even the littlest ones can join in.

Lord, have mercy on us.Christ have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.Christ graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven, Have mercy on us
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us.( Say this after every line.)
Holy Virgin of virgins, Mother of the Crucified, Sorrowful Mother, 
Mournful Mother, 
Sighing Mother, 
Afflicted Mother, 
Forsaken Mother, .
Desolate Mother, 
Mother most sad, 
Mother set around with anguish, 
Mother overwhelmed by grief, 
Mother transfixed by a sword, 
Mother crucified in thy heart, 
Mother bereaved of thy Son, 
Sighing Dove, 
Mother of Dolors, 
Fount of tears, 
Sea of bitterness, 
Field of tribulation,Mass of suffering, 
Mirror of patience, 
Rock of constancy, 
Remedy in perplexity, 
Joy of the afflicted, 
Ark of the desolate, 
Refuge of the abandoned,.
Shield of the oppressed, 
Conqueror of the incredulous, 
Solace of the wretched, 
Medicine of the sick, 
Help of the faint, 
Strength of the weak,

Protectress of those who fight, 
Haven of the shipwrecked, 
Calmer of tempests, 
Companion of the sorrowful, 
Retreat of those who groan, 
Terror of the treacherous, 
Standard-bearer of the Martyrs, 
Treasure of the Faithful, 
Light of Confessors, 
Pearl of Virgins, .
Comfort of Widows, .
Joy of all Saints, 
Queen of thy Servants,
Holy Mary, who alone art unexampled,



Pray for us, most Sorrowful Virgin,

That we may be made worty of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray, --- O God, in whose Passion, according to the prophecy of Simeon, a sword of grief pierced through the most sweet soul of Thy glorious Blessed Virgin Mother Mary: grant that we, who celebrate the memory of her Seven Sorrows, may obtain the happy effect of Thy Passion, Who lives and reigns world without end, Amen.



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