Seven Sorrows of Mary Profile:

Devotion Name:	Seven Sorrows of Mary		Devotion Type:	Marian Devotions
Primary Focus:	Mary		Origin Century:	13
Origin Region:	Europe		Founder or Promoter:	Servite tradition
Duration or Frequency:	Weekly; often Tuesdays, Fridays, or in September and Lent
Associated Promises:	Traditionally associated with deeper repentance and compassion in suffering.
Liturgical Association:	Lent; September; Marian devotion
Feast Day(s):	Our Lady of Sorrows — September 15
Spiritual Significance:	Forms the heart through Mary’s steadfast union with the Passion of Christ.
Virtues Emphasized:	Compassion|Fortitude|Patience|Hope
Related Saints:	Blessed Virgin Mary|Servite saints
Related Events:	Presentation in the Temple|Flight into Egypt|Crucifixion

Summary: Meditation on the principal sorrows endured by the Blessed Virgin Mary in union with Christ. Description:

The devotion to the Seven Sorrows contemplates Mary not in abstract privilege but in participatory suffering: Simeon’s prophecy, the flight into Egypt, the loss of the Child Jesus, the meeting on the way to Calvary, the Crucifixion, the Pietà, and the burial. It therefore gives the faithful a Marian path into the mystery of redemptive sorrow.

Rather than cultivating gloom, the devotion purifies compassion. It teaches the Christian to suffer without bitterness, to remain near the Cross, and to see maternal fidelity as a form of courageous discipleship.

How to Practice: Meditate on the seven sorrows with the prescribed prayers or the Servite chaplet. Spiritual Significance: Forms the heart through Mary’s steadfast union with the Passion of Christ.