OUR LADY OF SORROWS
2
Corinthians, Chapter 9, Verse 3-4
3Nonetheless, I sent the brothers so that our boast about you might not prove empty in this case, so that you might be ready, as I said, 4 for FEAR that if any Macedonians come with me and find you not ready, we might be put to shame (to say nothing of you) in this conviction.
Christ died for all. This was Paul’s message, yet he was not blind to cultural distrusts, nor should we be, we should be aware of them and work to bring the peace of Christ to all.
At once [Jesus] spoke to them, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.” (Mt. 14:27)
Indian nationalists hate Muslims, Christians, Whites,
Asians and Blacks. Really everyone who is not a Hindu. Chinese
nationalists hate Whites, Blacks, Jews, Southeast Asians
and the non-Han people of China. Remember Huax? Korean nationalists
hate Japanese, Chinese, Whites, Jews, and Blacks. Remember Hacienda? Vietnamese
nationalists hate the Chinese. Arab nationalists
hate Jews and Iranians. With a passion! The worst ones hate Assyrians, Kurds
and Berbers also. Lebanese Christian nationalists
hate Arabs and Muslims in general and they especially hate Palestinians and
Syrians. Armenian
nationalists hate the Azeris and the Turks. Assyrian
nationalists hate Muslims in general, Arabs and Turks. Russian
nationalists pretty much hate everyone who is not a
non-Nordic and non-Slavic Whites. Particular hatred is reserved for Jews,
Muslims, Caucasians, Armenians and Asians. Ukrainian nationalists
hate Russians, Jews and apparently Poles. Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Finnish
nationalists hate Russians. Polish hate Russians and Jews. German
nationalists hate Jews. Kurdish nationalists
hate Turks, Arabs and Iranians. They also in general hate Shia and Yezidi
Kurds. Castillian
nationalists hate Basques, Asturians, Galicians and
Catalans. Crimean Tatar nationalists hate Russians. English
nationalists hate the Irish and Catholics in general. Argentine
nationalists hate the British and Jews. Uighur
nationalists hate the Chinese. Basque nationalists
hate the Castillians and the French. Catalan nationalists
hate the Castillians. Occitan, Breton and Corsican nationalists
hate the French. Venetian nationalists hate the
Italians. Valencian nationalists hate the Catalans and
the Castillians. Circassian nationalists hate
Russians. Rusyn nationalists hate Ukrainians. Nepali
nationalists hate Indians. Hawaiian nationalists
hate Whites. Indonesian nationalists hate
Christians and Chinese. Filipino nationalists hate the
Chinese. Malay
nationalists hate Christians and the Chinese. Irish nationalists
hate the English and Protestants in particular. Georgian nationalists
hate the Abkhazians and the Ossetians. Hungarian, Bulgarian and Romanian
nationalists hate Jews and Gypsies. Northern
Italian nationalists hate Muslims and Southern Italians. Serbian
nationalists hate Muslims, Hungarians, Rusyns, Muslim
Bosnians, Albanians and Croats. Croatian nationalists hate Serbs
the most but there is some hatred towards Bosnian Muslims. Albanian
nationalists hate Serbs, Gypsies, Macedonians and Greeks. Macedonian
nationalists hate Muslims, Albanians and Greeks. Pashtun
nationalists hate the Hazara. Pakistani nationalists hate Indian Hindus. Greek
nationalists hate Turks, Jews and Albanians. Turkish
nationalists hate Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, Russians, Christians
and Jews. Iranian or Persian nationalists hate the US,
the British and especially Arabs. Black nationalists mostly just
hate Whites. Jewish nationalists hate non-Jews
in general, particularly Christians, Muslims, Arabs, Turks, Iranians, Germans, Poles,
Russians and Blacks. Japanese nationalists hate Blacks,
Chinese, Koreans and Southeast Asians. Honestly everyone who is not Japanese. Mongolian
nationalists frankly hate everyone who is not a Mongolian. Thai
nationalists hate Cambodians and Burmese. Everybody
hates the Roma. Haha.
Our Lady of Sorrows
We
must follow the example of Our Lady
of Sorrows and bring our savior to others and undergo the joys with the
sorrows. Today would be a good day to contemplate the seven sorrows of our Lady
and to pray and honor her for she is our mother too.
This feast is dedicated to the spiritual martyrdom of Mary,
Mother of God, and her compassion with the sufferings of her Divine Son, Jesus.
In her suffering as co-redeemer, she reminds us of the tremendous evil of sin
and shows us the way of true repentance. May the numerous tears of the Mother
of God be conducive to our salvation; with which tears Thou, O God, art able to
wash away the sins of the whole world.
As Mary stood at the foot of the Cross on which Jesus hung,
the sword of sorrow Simeon had foretold pierced her soul. Below are the seven
sorrows of Mary:
- The
prophecy of Simeon (Luke 2:25-35)
- The
flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13-15)
- Loss
of the Child Jesus for three days (Luke 2:41-50)
- Mary
meets Jesus on his way to Calvary (Luke 23:27-31; John 19:17)
- Crucifixion
and Death of Jesus (John 19:25-30)
- The
body of Jesus being taken from the Cross (Psalm 130; Luke 23:50-54;
John 19:31-37)
- The
burial of Jesus (Isaiah 53:8; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42; Mark
15:40-47)
Pope Pius VII[2] approved another series of prayers in honor of the Seven Sorrows
for daily meditation in 1815:
O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory
be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
1. I grieve for you, O Mary most sorrowful, in the affliction of your
tender heart at the prophecy of the holy and aged Simeon. Dear Mother, by your
heart so afflicted, obtain for me the virtue of humility and the gift of the
holy fear of God. Hail Mary…
2. I grieve for you, O Mary most sorrowful, in the anguish of your
most affectionate heart during the flight into Egypt and your sojourn there.
Dear Mother, by your heart so troubled, obtain for me the virtue of generosity,
especially toward the poor, and the gift of piety. Hail Mary…
3. I grieve for you, O Mary most sorrowful, in those anxieties which
tried your troubled heart at the loss of your dear Jesus. Dear Mother, by your
heart so full of anguish, obtain for me the virtue of chastity and the gift of
knowledge. Hail Mary…
4. I grieve for you, O Mary most sorrowful, in the consternation of
your heart at meeting Jesus as He carried His Cross. Dear Mother, by your heart
so troubled, obtain for me the virtue of patience and the gift of fortitude.
Hail Mary…
5. I grieve for you, O Mary most sorrowful, in the martyrdom which
your generous heart endured in standing near Jesus in His agony. Dear Mother,
by your afflicted heart obtain for me the virtue of temperance and the gift of
counsel. Hail Mary…
6. I grieve for you, O Mary most sorrowful, in the wounding of your
compassionate heart, when the side of Jesus was struck by the lance before His
Body was removed from the Cross. Dear Mother, by your heart thus transfixed,
obtain for me the virtue of fraternal charity and the gift of understanding.
Hail Mary…
7. I grieve for you, O Mary most sorrowful, for the pangs that
wrenched your most loving heart at the burial of Jesus. Dear Mother, by your
heart sunk in the bitterness of desolation, obtain for me the virtue of
diligence and the gift of wisdom. Hail Mary…
Let Us Pray:
Let intercession be made for us, we beseech You, O Lord Jesus Christ, now and at the hour of our death, before the throne of Your mercy, by the Blessed Virgin Mary, Your Mother, whose most holy soul was pierced by a sword of sorrow in the hour of Your bitter Passion. Through You, O Jesus Christ, Savior of the world, Who with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns world without end. Amen.
Daily meditate upon the Seven Sorrows. Please the Sacred Heart of
the Redeemer by pondering the Sorrowful Heart of the Co-redemptrix. Receive the
remarkably generous graces which come from uniting our hearts each day to the
Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of the Mother.
St.
Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373), Our Lady directly revealed the amazing graces
granted by her Son for all those who daily and pray seven Hail Mary’s while
meditating on her seven dolors and tears:
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 dolors
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.”[3]
Things to Do[4]
Teach
your children the Seven Sorrows of Mary. Read more about this devotion. September is traditionally
dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows.
·
Present different art pieces of Our Lady of
Sorrows, or illustration of one of her sorrows, for meditation and discussion.
There are so many different pieces from all different eras, countries and
mediums. Search words for art titles would be Lamentation, Deposition, Pieta,
Dolorosa, Sorrows, etc. Some samples:
o
The Seven
Sorrows of the Virgin by Albrecht Durer
o
Michelangelo's Pieta
o
Pieta
by Giovanni Bellini
o
Vincent Van Gogh's Pieta
o
Titian's Mater
Dolorosa
o
Different artists on the
Presentation in the Temple
o
Various artists on the Flight
into Egypt
·
Discuss why Mary is called the Queen of Martyrs.
·
Make a heart-shaped cake for dessert, decorated
with the swords piercing the heart.
·
Think of ways to make reparation to Mary for the
sins committed against Our Lord.
·
Pray the short prayer or ejaculation, Holy
Mother, imprint deeply upon my heart the wounds of the Crucified.
·
Read or sing the Stabat Mater, perhaps
incorporating it with the Stations of the Cross.
·
In Italy, the title of Our Lady of Sorrows is Maria
Santissima Addolorata. This devotion began in the 1200s. She is the patron
of many Italian cities. In southern Italy there is La Festa della Madonna
dei Sette Dolori (the festival of the Seven Sorrows of the Madonna),
instituted in 1423, also called Madonna dell’Addolorata Festival. The food
connected to this festival is cuccia salata, wheat berries cooked in meat broth
and layered with goat or pork.
·
I will be hiking and praying using my reflections
in my book Divine
Mercy Hikes.
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
SECTION TWO-THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
Article 7-THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
1601
"The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between
themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward
the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this
covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the
dignity of a sacrament."
Daily
Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Families of St. Joseph’s Porters.
·
Religion
in the Home for Preschool: September
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
· Rosary
[3]http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/2010/09/the-promises-of-the-seen-sorrows/
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