“Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our Heavenly Mother and reflect on it’s boundless grief and how precious is our soul.”
–Saint Padre Pio
The Seven Swords of Sorrows of Our Mother Mary are:
1. The Prophecy of Simeon (Luke 2:34-35)
2. The Flight into Egypt
(Mathew 2:13-15)
3. The Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple of Jerusalem (Luke 2:41-51)
4. Mary meets Jesus as He carries His Cross to Calvary
(Luke 23:26-31)
5. Mary stands near the Cross of her Son Jesus (John 19:25-27)
6. Mary receives into her as the body of Jesus taken down from the Cross (John 19:38)
7. Mary helps place the body of Jesus in the tomb (John 19:39-42)
