𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. 

– Not to be replaced with the praying of the Holy Rosary 

 

This devotion goes back to the Middle Ages but has gained new popularity following the Church-approved Marian apparitions in Kibeho, Rwanda in the 1980s. In her apparitions, Our Lady of Kibeho recommended that people pray the Chaplet (or Rosary) of the Seven Sorrows to obtain the favor of repentance.

 

Father Leszek Czelusniak, MIC, who is in charge of the Marian mission in Rwanda, interviewed Nathalie, one of the visionaries of Kibeho and asked her to summarize the messages of Mary. Here was Nathalie’s response:

 

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥, 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥! 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥! 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥! 

 

𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺. 

 

“While other martyrs suffered by sacrificing their own lives, the Blessed Virgin suffered by sacrificing Her Son’s life a life that She loved far more than Her own; so that She not only suffered in Her soul all that Her Son endured in His body, but moreover the sight of Her Son’s torments brought more grief to Her heart than if She had endured them all in Her own person.”

— St. Antoninus

 

 

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀

 

St. Alphonsus Liguori revealed in his book, The Glories of Mary, that Jesus has four promises for those who devote themselves to Mary’s seven sorrows:

 

1) That those who invoke the divine mother by her sorrows, before death will merit to obtain true repentance of all their sins.

 

2) That he will protect such in their tribulations, especially at the hour of death.

 

3) That he will impress upon them the memory of his passion, and that they shall have their reward for it in heaven.

 

4) That he will commit such devout servants to the hands of Mary, that she may dispose of them according to her pleasure, and obtain for them all the graces she desires.

 

The Virgin Mary also presented her own promises to St. Bridget of Sweden for those who devote themselves to her sorrowful heart. Mary asks that the devotee prays one Hail Mary in honor of each of her sorrows.

 

 

1) I will grant peace to their families.

 

2) They will be enlightened about the divine Mysteries.

 

3) I will console them in their pains and I will accompany them in their work.

 

4) I will give them as much as they ask for as long as it does not oppose the adorable will of My divine Son or the sanctification of their souls.

 

5) I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the infernal enemy and I will protect them at every instant of their lives.

 

6) I will visibly help them at the moment of their death — they will see the face of their Mother.

 

7) I have obtained this grace from My divine Son, that those who propagate this devotion to My tears and sorrows will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness, since all their sins will be forgiven and My Son will be their eternal consolation and joy.

 

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆’𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗔𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲

 

1) The Prophecy of Simeon (Luke 2: 34-35)

2) The Flight into Egypt (Matthew 2: 13-21)

3) The Loss of Jesus for Three Days (Luke 2: 41-50)

4) The Carrying of the Cross (John 19: 17)

5) The Crucifixion of Jesus (John 19: 18-30)

6) Jesus Taken Down from the Cross (John 19: 39-40)

7) Jesus Laid in the Tomb (John 19: 39-42)

 

In her autobiography, St. Teresa of Avila reported the following: 

 

‘𝘏𝘦 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦; 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘰𝘺. 𝘉𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯? 𝘏𝘦 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳.’