{"id":31424,"date":"2014-09-01T20:35:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T00:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=31424"},"modified":"2014-09-01T20:37:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T00:37:48","slug":"septembers-marian-devotion-our-lady-of-sorrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2014\/09\/septembers-marian-devotion-our-lady-of-sorrows\/","title":{"rendered":"September’s Marian Devotion – Our Lady of Sorrows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"OL<\/a>The Seven Sorrows of Mary<\/strong> is September’s Marian devotion.<\/p>\n

The Marian side of the Catholic Church helps us to see the human aspect of the act of faith: do we comfort the sorrowing as they grieve the death of a loved one? Always a mother, the Church directs our attention to the seven sorrows suffered by Mary, who witnessed her Son\u2019s death for us on the cross.<\/p>\n

A short prayer that we can offer: Mary most sorrowful, Mother of Christians, pray for us!<\/p>\n

The feast day of Our Lady of Sorrows on September 15 which follows feast\u00a0of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is September 14. The Seven Sorrows \u00a0unites us to Passion of the Lord on Calvary by having a Marian feast that uses the sorrows of to point to the salvific work of the Lord.<\/p>\n

The famous Passionist Saint\u00a0Gabriel of The Sorrowful Mother, said he was\u00a0<\/span>never<\/i>\u00a0denied any\u00a0<\/span>petition that he confided to the\u00a0<\/span>Mater Dolorosa<\/i>\u00a0(Mother of Sorrows).<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1815, Pope Pius VII approved of the Seven Dolors of Mary but it was well used and promoted by the Servite Order since 1668 when a feast formally approved. The Servite Order dates back to 1239. The Seven Sorrows of Mary, taken from Scripture, are:<\/p>\n