And not so obvious is what those Seven Sorrows are even though the devotion has been around for ... In his major book The Glories of Mary, St. Alphonsus Ligouri explains how in that year Our ...

The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady are taken from scriptural events. The devotion has a long history, although it was not officially promulgated by the Church until the early 19th century. Before Pope ...

I first learned about the Seven Sorrows devotion through my obsession with art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary. While I was used to the joyful image of the Mother and Child, I was mesmerized by its ...

Catholics are invited to contemplate the seven sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary ... from my divine Son that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolors will be taken directly ...

Devotion to the rosary of the Seven Sorrows One of the highlight of the our Lady’s message in Kibeho, Rwanda, is the importance of thinking about the sorrows of our Lady and of the sufferings of ...

As an increasingly secularized and materialistic society encourages people to eschew suffering, the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows provides a unique opportunity to reflect on the redemptive and ...