Information on Our Lady of Sorrows
The devotion has its origin in the gospels of John 19: 25, Mary standing at the foot of the cross and Luke 2:35 "Your own soul a sword shall pierce." Other possible references  to Mary's sorrow, pain... 
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The Life of Mary: Calvary
Post-Vatican II Magisterial Documents concerning the theme, Mary's Life, Calvary. These teachings of the Catholic Church may prove useful to include in talks, homilies or for research.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2k.html

Marian Feasts Past and Present
Includes a brief explanation of celebration of the September Marian days.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/dogmas.html

Mother of Sorrows
Several works by Ioana Datcu with the theme "Sorrows of Mary." Past exhibit from March 17, 2006.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/exhibits/datcu/works_on_display.htm

Mother of Sorrows
by Jean Marlow 1993.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/exhibits/msa/marlow.html

Mary, Mother of Sorrows: The Mystery of Comfort and Hope
An abridged reflection, originally an article in Chicago Studies by Louis J. Cameli.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/sorrowsmed.html

What about the sorrows of Mary?
The devotion to the sorrows of Mary appears toward the beginning of the 14th c, and may have been influenced by Henry Suso (d. 1366) and other Rhenish mystics. It took as central theme the Calvary scene . . .
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq2/yq258.html

Describe the origins of Mary's title: Our Lady of Sorrows?
The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows on September 15, the day after the feast of the Holy Cross to show the close connection between Jesus' Passion and Mary's Sorrows.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq20.html

Our Lady of Sorrows
Lenten Meditation I "and his mother kept all these things in her heart." (Luke 2:51b). Mary Page’s five Lenten meditations give much material on the topic of Mary’s sorrow. These meditations take their orientation from the Sunday liturgies for Lent.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/lent1.html

Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows
The chaplet or rosary of the Seven Sorrows uses special beads. There are seven groups of seven beads. History: The seven groups of seven Hail Mary's remember the seven sorrows of Our Lady.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/chaplet.html

"Our Lady of Tears
. . .renewed interest in a devotion known as "Our Lady of Tears," a special Rosary devotion . . .
campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq2/yq287.html

Rosary Index
Information on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/rosdex.html

Seven Sorrows, Seven Joys
Sonnets in Meditation on Mary's Life by Ann Astell.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/sevensorrows1.html

Poetry for the Season of Lent
Contains poetry appropriate to the liturgical celebration of the Mother of Sorrows such as: To the Sorrowing and Immaculate Heart Lady Most Pitiful, The Passion of Our Lady, The Passion of Mary, When Mary Weeps.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/lentpoet.html

Passion Poetry
Contains poetry appropriate to Mary’s sorrows such as: Mother of Tears, Queen of the Seven Sorrows, Good Friday Mothers, Mother of the Crucified, Three Mothers Beneath Three Crosses, How Our Blessed Lady Stood By the Cross of Jesus, The Child of Calvary, Lady of Pain, Our Lord etc.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/passp.html

Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater is the title of a thirteenth-century Latin hymn and it means "the Mother was standing."  In Latin, the hymn consists of twenty couplets which describe the Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin at the Cross. There are more than sixty English translations . . .
campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/stbmat.html

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