Manual of Devotions in Honour of The Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Father Sebastian
ROSARY OF THE SEVEN DOLORS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
I. The heartrending anguish which Mary felt in her pure soul when she heard from the prophetic lips of Holy Simeon the future sufferings of her Son.
One Our Father and seven Hail Marys.
II. The sword of grief which transfixed Mary’s heart during the flight into Egypt.
One Our Father and seven Hail Marys.
III. Mary’s misery and woe when Jesus was lost for three days.
One Our Father and seven Hail Marys.
IV. Mary meets Jesus carrying his cross, and she faints at his feet.
One Our Father and seven Hail Marys.
V. Mary stands beneath the cross, beholds Him die, and falls into the arms
of St. John, with a broken heart. One Our Father and seven Hail Marys.
VI. Mary recovers from her swoon, and receives on her lap the corpse of her Son. One Our Father and seven Hail Marys.
VII. Mary with tears in her eyes follows her Son to the tomb and sees Him buried. One Our Father and seven Hail Marys.
In honour of the tears Mary shed during her Dolours.
Three Hail Marys.
V. Pray for us, O sorrowful Mother of Jesus.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
PRAYER.
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, that the Blessed Virgin thy Mother may intercede for us with thy clemency, now and at the hour of our death; who, in the hour of thy Passion, was pierced in her most holy soul by a sword of sorrow ; grant this, O Jesus Christ, Saviour of the world, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.
INDULGENCES FOR THE ABOVE ROSARY.
I. 200 days for each Our Father and Hail Mary, when recited in the churches of the Order of the Servants of Mary.
II. 200 days for each Our Father and Hail Mary, when recited on Friday, on all the days of Lent, and on the Feast and Octave of the Seven Dolours, in any place whatever.
III. 100 days for each recital, in any place or at any time, together with seven years and seven quarantines.
IV. Plenary, with confession and communion, for those who have said it daily for a month.
V. 100 years for each recital.
VI. 150 years for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
VII. Plenary once a year for those who recite it at least four times a week.
VIII. 200 years for those who recite it after confession.
IX. For those who frequently recite this Rosary, and have one about their persons, an indulgence of ten years each time they assist at Mass, hear sermons, accompany the Blessed Sacrament to the sick, bring sinners to repentance, &c., &c.; and the same indulgence for those who perform some
spiritual or corporal work in honour of our Blessed Lord, the Blessed Virgin, or their patron Saints, reciting at the same time seven Our Fathers and seven Hail Marys.
All these indulgences are applicable to the dead.
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