Br. Gregory Santy, O.P., on Holy Week and the Seven Sorrows of Mary

"In the upcoming liturgies of Holy Week, the Church recalls the final events of Jesus's earthly life day by day, and, once the Triduum begins, even hour by hour. The Church makes this yearly commemoration of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus in order to give us the time to reflect more deeply on the meaning of these mysteries. One way of doing so is to meditate on these events with Mary, to look at them with her and from her perspective. The Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary give us one good way of following  the events of Holy Week with Mary. In the Middle Ages, however, another Marian devotion sprang up that became much more closely associated with Holy Week. This was the devotion to our Lady of Sorrows, and in particular to the Seven Sorrows, or Seven Dolors, of the Blessed Virgin Mary."

In a recent commentary, Brother Gregory Santy, O.P., reflected on the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary and their relationship to Holy Week.

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Dominicana: Holy Week and the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary (26 MAR 21)