Monthly Devotion: Our Lady of Sorrows

Behold, this child is destined for the ruin and rising of many in Israel,
​ and to be a sign of contradiction; and your own soul a sword will pierce. ~ Luke 2:34-35

It is truly right and just,
our duty and our salvation,
to praise your mighty deeds 
in the exaltation of all the Saints, 
and especially, as we celebrate 
the memory of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
to proclaim your kindness 
as we echo her thankful hymn of praise.
For truly even to the earth's ends 
you have done great things 
and extended your abundant mercy from age to age: 
when you looked on the lowliness of your handmaid, 
you gave us through her the author of our salvation, 
your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Through him the host of Angels adores your majesty 
and rejoices in your presence for ever.  
May our voices, we pray, 
join with theirs in one chorus of exultant praise, 
as we acclaim: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus...

La Dolorosa by Cristobal de Villalpando

O God, who willed
that, when your Son was lifted high on the Cross,
his Mother should stand close by and share his suffering,
grant that your Church,
participating with the Virgin Mary in the Passion of Christ,
may merit a share in his Resurrection.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. ​

Texts from the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows

Virgin of the Seven Sorrows