From the sermon Four Virtues for Spouses (September 19, 2021)
Holy Mary, Mother of sorrows, whose heart was pierced
with a fresh sword of grief at every Station on the Way of the Cross,
obtain for us, we beseech thee, O most loving Mother,
a perpetual remembrance of our Blessed Savior’s cross and death,
and a true and tender devotion to all the mysteries of His most holy Passion.
Obtain for us the grace to hate sin, even as He hated it in the Agony of the Garden;
to endure wrong and insult with all patience, as He endured them in the judgment hall;
to be meek and humble in all our trials, as He was before His judges;
to love our enemies even as He loved His executioners, and prayed for them upon the cross;
and to glorify God and do good to our neighbors, even as He did in every mystery of His sufferings.
O Queen of martyrs, who, by the dolors of thy Immaculate Heart on Calvary,
didst merit to share the Passion of our Blessed Redeemer,
obtain for us some portion of thy compassion,
that for the love of Jesus crucified, we may be crucified to the world in this life;
and in the life to come, may, by His infinite merits and thy powerful intercession,
reign with Him in glory everlasting. Amen.
Our Lady of the Sorrows, ora pro nobis!
‘I look around at all who are on earth, to see if by chance there are any who pity Me, and meditate upon My Sorrows; and I find that there are very few. Therefore, My daughter, though I am forgotten by many, at least do you not forget Me; consider My anguish, and imitate, as far as you can, My grief.’
- Our Lady to St. Bridget
Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows Booklet HERE