One day after the Feast of Exaltation ( Triumph ) of the Holy Cross is the Feast of our Lady of Sorrows . Christ our Lord and Redeemer is our forerunner in all human sorrows and difficulties. Mary , as His Holy Mother, offered to God with Him all the afflictions of His earthly life, and She continues to offer those of the Church, for its sanctification, for the souls in Purgatory and the salvation of souls. Holy Mother of God offered herself, completely, with all the love of which a mother was capable, for a child, whom she offers to all of us. In this most holy way, her sorrows are joined to those of the Redeemer whom she bore for the whole world.
Therefore let us faithfully pray :
Most holy and afflicted Virgin, our Lady of Sorrows and Queen of Martyrs!
Thou who didst stand motionless at the foot of the Cross, beneath thy dying Son, through the sword of sorrow which pierced thee then, through the unceasing suffering of thy life of sorrow, and the bliss which now amply repays thee for thy past trials and afflictions, look down with a mother's tenderness and pity on one who kneels before thee, who venerates thy sacred Dolors, and places his request, with filial confidence, in the Sanctuary of thy Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. Present, I beseech thee, to Jesus Christ, in union with the infinite merits of His Passion and Death, thy sufferings at the foot of the Cross; and through the efficacy of both, obtain the grant of my petition.
(Now we put our prayer request before Our Lady)
Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Amen
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