Our Lady of the Sorrows

Simeon said to Mary: This child is destined to be a sign which men will reject; he is set for the fall and the rising of many in Israel; and your own soul a sword shall pierce. -- Luke 2:34-35

September 15, is the of Feast Our Lady of Sorrows, in devotion to the seven sorrows of Mary. The feast dates back to the tweflth century.

The sorrows are:

• The prophecy of Simeon
• The flight into Egypt
• The loss the Child Jesus for three days at Jerusalem
• Mary meeting Jesus on his way to Calvary
• Her standing at the foot of the Cross
• Jesus being taken from the Cross
• The burial of Christ.