Seven Dolours of the Virgin

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Seven Dolours of the Virgin (or Seven Sorrows of the Virgin) is a devotion in the Catholic Church having its origins in the New Testament prophecy of Simeon (Luke 2. 35).

[edit] The Sorrows

The Seven Sorrows is a series of meditations on the sufferings of Mary as the Mother of Jesus.

1) The Prophesy of Simeon over the Infant Jesus

2) The Flight of the Holy Family into Egypt.(Gospel of Matthew 2:13-21)

3) The Loss of the Child Jesus for Three Days. (Luke 2:41-51)

4) The Meeting of Jesus & Mary Along the Way of the Cross. (Luke 23:27-31)

5) Mary Watches Jesus Suffer and Die upon the Cross.(Gospel of John19:25-27)

6) Mary Receives the Body of Jesus Taken Down from the Cross. (Matthew 27:55-61)

7) Mary Watches as the Body of Jesus is Buried in a Tomb. (Luke 23: 55-56)

[edit] Sorrows Rosary

A form of the rosary, or chaplet, is dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of Mary. It is much like a regular rosary but has seven sets of seven Hail Marys instead of five sets of ten. In praying the Dolors Rosary or Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows, one meditates on the seven sorrows in place of the Rosary meditations.

[edit] See also

• Our Lady of Sorrows

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.