Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows on Sept. 15
Also known as Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother, Mother of Sorrows , and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours, the feast significantly follows the Feast of the Holy Cross to signify the participation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Passion of her Son Jesus Christ.
In observance of the feast, Church leaders encourage the faithful to recite seven Hail Mary’s and to reflect on the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady namely: 1. The Prophecy of Simeon in the Temple, 2. The Flight into Egypt, 3. The Carrying of the Cross on Mount Calvary, 5. The Crucifixion, 6. The Taking Down from the Cross, and the 7. The Burial of Jesus.
Devotion to the sorrows of Mary gave rise to the figure in Christian art of the Pieta, the sorrowing mother holding the lifeless Body of her Son. Initiated by the Servants of Mary in 1668, the feast was extended to the Universal Church by Pope Pius VIII in 1814.
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