The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a popular Catholic devotion dating back to the thirteenth century. It is particularly practised in the month of September, as the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows is celebrated on the 15th of September.
The Seven Sorrows are:
1. The prophecy of the holy Simeon
2. The flight of Jesus, Mary and Joseph into Egypt
3. The loss of the child Jesus in the Temple
4. The meeting of Jesus and His Mother Mary on the way to Calvary
5. The crucifixion and death of Jesus
6. The piercing of Jesus’ side and the descent from the cross
7. The burial of Jesus in the sepulchre
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