Rosary of the Seven Sorrows

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Does anyone have any information about this devotion, its origin and its time of approval by the Church? I’ve looked online, but I’m getting conflicting answers. Any information or personal experiences would be appreciated.

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RPRPsych said:
Does anyone have any information about this devotion, its origin and its time of approval by the Church? I’ve looked online, but I’m getting conflicting answers. Any information or personal experiences would be appreciated.

Thanks! 👍
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It is a devotion of the Order of the Servants of Mary…the Servite Friars, Nuns, and Third Order Regular and Secular…and the more recently founded Servite Secular Institute. It is the Servite Rosary in complement to the Servite Scapular, the Black Scapular of Our Lady of Sorrows.

You can visit the Servite website for additional material to read.

Curia Generalizia in Rome: servidimaria.net/sitoosm/en/
USA: servite.org/
United Kingdom & Ireland: servitefriars.org/
Servite Secular Institute: ssi.org.uk/
The Servite Third Order Secular: servite.org/About/servite-secular-order.aspx

The Servites, I should add, run the Pontifical Institute for the study of Mariology in Rome.

I was invested with the Servite Scapular many years ago. (It is not limited to their Third Order Secular but is extended to their Confraternity of Our Lady of Sorrows.) The Servite Rosary is one I love to say…particularly in Lent or on Fridays…or on her feast day.

This article might also be of use; it is substantially correct. aleteia.org/2016/09/15/how-to-pray-the-chaplet-of-the-seven-sorrows-of-mary/

I will add that this is a devotion spoken about in the approved apparitions of Our Lady at Kibeho. That is likely a reason why you are experiencing confusion as to its origin. The emphasis of those following in this apparition can reflect more the aspects of the apparition than the historic Servite origin of the devotion.

I hope this is of help.
 
Don_Ruggero said:
It is a devotion of the Order of the Servants of Mary…the Servite Friars, Nuns, and Third Order Regular and Secular. It is the Servite Rosary in complement to the Servite Scapular, the Black Scapular of Our Lady of Sorrows.

You can visit the Servite website for additional material to read.

Curia Generalizia in Rome: servidimaria.net/sitoosm/en/
USA: servite.org/
United Kingdom & Ireland: servitefriars.org/

The Servites, I should add, run the Pontifical Institute for the study of Mariology in Rome.

I was invested with the Servite Scapular many years ago. (It is not limited to their Third Order Secular but is extended to their Confraternity of Our Lady of Sorrows.) The Servite Rosary is one I love to say…particularly in Lent or on Fridays…or on her feast day.

This article might also be of use; it is substantially correct. aleteia.org/2016/09/15/how-to-pray-the-chaplet-of-the-seven-sorrows-of-mary/

I will add that this is a devotion spoken about in the approved apparitions of Our Lady at Kibeho. That is likely a reason why you are experiencing confusion as to its origin. The emphasis of those following in this apparition can reflect more the aspects of the apparition than the historic Servite origin of the devotion.

I hope this is of help.
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Thank you very much for your reply, Father. God bless you. 👍
 
RPRPsych said:
Thank you very much for your reply, Father. God bless you. 👍
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You are welcome.

I remember learning the prayers with a booklet I had from the Servites all those years ago…long before the Internet. I assumed that this booklet must be somewhere on their English language websites in an electronic version but I can’t seem to see it. Perhaps it is long out of print.

In any event, that is why I included the article, which includes the form of praying it from the 1910 Raccolta.

The essence of the praying of it is the same but the introduction can vary as can the conclusion…which also happens with the Dominican Rosary, depending upon where one lives in the world actually. The way it is begun in the Vatican, for example, I never encountered in the United States…except in houses of the Dominicans!
 
When I was first in Ireland someone brought a rosary of this so show me. Very old, very lovely.The Our Father “beads” were silver medals for each sorrow,

And you can still buy sets of the medals,

I make a simpler version for my craft fairs… Blue beads and small olive wood cross shaped beads… seven times seven… with a leaflet explaining the devotion, Love the richnesses of rosaries… alongside Franciscan Crown…
 
Rosebud77 said:
When I was first in Ireland someone brought a rosary of this so show me. Very old, very lovely.The Our Father “beads” were silver medals for each sorrow,

And you can still buy sets of the medals,

I make a simpler version for my craft fairs… Blue beads and small olive wood cross shaped beads… seven times seven… with a leaflet explaining the devotion, Love the richnesses of rosaries… alongside Franciscan Crown…
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Oh yes, the Franciscan Crown is truly wonderful. And the Seven Joys of Our Lady so splendidly complements her Seven Sorrows.
 
Don_Ruggero said:
Oh yes, the Franciscan Crown is truly wonderful. And the Seven Joys of Our Lady so splendidly complements her Seven Sorrows.
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Exactly so Father… Now I am “itching” to start beading again… 😉 I thread mine on 12 lb fishing line and the “tail” is not separately beaded… So very very strong and durable, The wooden ones are on sturdy cottom.

Someone in Donegal years ago bought a wooden one and draped it over the hand of the statue of Mary down at the Pier and I often wonder if it is still there

Love rosaries… :gopray:
 
RPRPsych said:
Does anyone have any information about this devotion, its origin and its time of approval by the Church? I’ve looked online, but I’m getting conflicting answers. Any information or personal experiences would be appreciated.

Thanks! 👍
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In addition to what was already said, I should mention that it is one of the devotions to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (although the Heart of Mary is barely mentioned in this Rosary). By this Rosary, we express our compassion for Mary and ask Her to share with us a particle of Her own compassion to suffering Jesus.
 
The Brigittine Rosary – at least the one I pray – includes both the Joys and Sorrows of Our Lady.

Blessings,
Cloisters
 
JurisPrudens said:
In addition to what was already said, I should mention that it is one of the devotions to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (although the Heart of Mary is barely mentioned in this Rosary). By this Rosary, we express our compassion for Mary and ask Her to share with us a particle of Her own compassion to suffering Jesus.
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Thanks! 👍
 
Cloisters said:
The Brigittine Rosary – at least the one I pray – includes both the Joys and Sorrows of Our Lady.

Blessings,
Cloisters
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Where can I get more information about the Brigittine Rosary as well as the special rosary itself?
 
Lormar said:
Where can I get more information about the Brigittine Rosary as well as the special rosary itself?
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Remembering both the Joys and Sorrows of Our Lady in the Brigittine rosary is part of the Cloisterite Rosary, which is a devotion of one of our emerging religious charisms, the Stella Maris Contemplatives (“Cloisterites”). I had the group acknowledge both the Joys and Sorrows because they also have a devotion to the Sacred Passion. We have, along with regular prayer intentions, vocational special intentions for each of the 20 mysteries.

In the link below, there is a post by an OCDS in the comments that addresses the Luminous Mysteries. We have adapted their usage.

Another of our emerging charisms, the Congregation of Charity of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (CCMM), will also be recognizing both the Joys and Sorrows as part of the Brigittine Rosary, but will add the Epiphany Mysteries during Epiphany.

Our Gilbertine Renewal will likely have the regular Dominican rosary. The Brigittine rosary was given in the 1300s, about 200 years after the founding of the Gilbertines, so it’s possible they could have known about it, or even used it.

But, as you were requesting, this is the page I use:

lewiscrusade.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/brigittine-or-carmelite-rosary/

Blessings,
Cloisters
 
corsair said:
I have been reciting this 7 sorrows Rosary for a number of years now. We also say it just before Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Fridays at our FSSP parish. 🙂

Here it is; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary_of_the_Seven_Sorrows
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It was totally new to me when I first came to Ireland and the one they brought to show me was a family heirloom.And very valuable … I interpret it differently ; blue beads and olive wood from the Holy Land…
 
RPRPsych said:
Does anyone have any information about this devotion, its origin and its time of approval by the Church? I’ve looked online, but I’m getting conflicting answers. Any information or personal experiences would be appreciated.

Thanks! 👍
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Hi,

I was introduced to this devotion two years ago and find it beautiful. And heartbreaking. It has become a favorite of mine, especially during September - the month of Our Lady of Sorrows.
 
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