Today Is The Feast Of The Seven Sorrows Of The Blessed Virgin Mary:

 

Our Lady Of Sorrows Pray For Us

Collect:

O God, in whose passion the sword of grief did pierce the gentle soul of the glorious Virgin Mary, thy Mother, that so might be fulfilled the word of thy Prophet Simeon: mercifully grant that we who here do call to mind her sorrows; may be fulfilled with the blessed fruits of thy passion. Who livest and reignest with the Father...

The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary:

1.  The prophecy of Simeon.

2.  The flight into Egypt.

3.  The loss of the Child Jesus in the temple.

4.  The meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the Cross

5.  The Crucifixion

6.  The taking down of the Body of Jesus from the Cross.

7.  The burial of Jesus.