Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feasts o
Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feasts o
Friday in Passion Week, commemorating the sorrow of Mary during the Passion , and Death of Christ; instituted by the provincial synod of Cologne in 1413 to expiate the crimes of the iconoclast Hussites, being termed the Compassion or Transfixion; extended to the entire Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1727. The Stabat Mater is sung during Mass and Office.
15 September, in devotion to the seven dolors of Mary:
the prophecy of Simeon
flight into Egypt
loss of the Child Jesus at Jerusalem
meeting Jesus on the road to Calvary
standing at the foot of the Cross
the descent of Jesus from the Cross
His burial
It was first granted to the Servites in 1668, and extended to the whole Church by Pope Pius VII in 1814.
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