The seven sorrows are a series of events that the Virgin Mary experienced and can be seen visually represented with seven swords that cross her heart. They are related to Jesus because Mary's ...

Mary grieves over her dead son; hence, she is Mater Dolorosa, the sorrowful mother ... We look at his wounded heart and his head crowned with thorns. Horrible! On Good Friday, Jesus carried ...

With thee, O Mary, I will endure all the ... every beating of my heart may henceforward be an act of compassion to thy sorrows, and of complacency for the glory thou now enjoyest in heaven.

On the ten small (Hail Mary) beads of each decade, pray: "For the sake of His sorrowful passion ... "O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of mercy for ...