Thread by @BreeSolstad

Join me as we pray night 8 of the traditional Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows.

This 9-night devotional exercise will conclude tomorrow night on the eve of the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, so that we can fully enter into it.

This is powerful and life changing.

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The Vigil of The Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross:

Sweet Mother of Sorrows, Providence wished that Saint Helena, like you the mother of a king, find the cross of your Son and lavish honors on this relic of relics.

Grant me, Sorrowful Queen and Mother, that, like Saint Helena, I always honor the symbol of our salvation, the Cross. And like the Church, may I hold it high, display and wear it with gratitude and pride.

Above all, may I unite my sufferings to that of Jesus on the cross, and carry my crosses not in shame but in faith, love and patience as He did. 👇

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art’ thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinner, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. 👇

Prayer to our Sorrowful Mother for a particular grace:

O mother most holy and sorrowful, Queen of Martyrs, you who stood by your Son as He agonized on the cross. By the sufferings of your life, by that sword of pain that pierced your heart, by your perfect joy in heaven, look down on me kindly as I kneel before you, sympathizing with your sorrows and offering you my petition with childlike trust.

Dear Mother, because your Son refuses you nothing, ask of His Sacred Heart to mercifully hear my prayer and to grant this prayer in accord with His most perfect will. Therefore, through the merits of His Sacred Passion, along with those of your sufferings at the foot of the cross, I pray…

(Mention your intention here…)

Mother most merciful, to whom shall I go in my misery if not to you who pities us poor sinful exiles in this valley of tears? I beseech you to offer Jesus but one drop of His most Precious Blood and but one pang of His Loving Heart. Remind Him that you are our sweetness, our life and our hope, and your prayer will be heard. Amen. 👇

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession, was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of Virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your clemency, hear and answer me. Amen. 👇

Thank you for joining me for night 8 of this beautiful & pious devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows.

The more we meditate on her sorrowful heart, the more she will aid us and bring us to Sacred Heart of Jesus.

See you tomorrow for night 9. 🙏