The Time is Now: Pray With Our Lady of Sorrows, by Joseph Hollcraft, Ruth Berghorst

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Sassoferrato, B. (1609-1685). The Madonna in Sorrow [painting]. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons.

By Joseph Hollcraft, Ruth Berghorst, Catholic Exchange, August 26, 2024

Dr. Joseph Hollcraft is a Professor and Director of the High Calling Program with the Avila Institute. He is also the author of A Heart for Evangelizing (Emmaus Road, 2016) and Unleashing the Power of Intercessory Prayer (Sophia Institute, 2020). …

Editor’s Note: The authors’ book Contemplating the Seven Sorrows of Mary: A Chaplet with St. Alphonsus Liguori is available from Sophia Institute Press.

Since the Middle Ages, there has been particular emphasis placed on bringing Mary into the mission of redemptive suffering with the Chaplet of Our Lady of Sorrows.

Traces of devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows were present throughout the Church’s first millennium, but it was not until seven noble men retreated to Monte Scenario near Florence, Italy, that a deeper devotion to Mary emerged. These men, dedicated to prayer and penance, held a special reverence for Our Lady.

On Good Friday of 1239, as they contemplated the Passion of Christ and Mary’s suffering, Our Lady appeared to them. She expressed her desire for them to establish an order focused on her sorrows. Heeding her call, they founded the Servants of Mary, also known as the Servites. …

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The Time is Now: Pray With Our Lady of Sorrows, by Joseph Hollcraft, Ruth Berghorst

Fr. Paul D. Scalia: The Authority of the Body

RFK Jr.’s Speech Wasn’t Republican Or Democrat But American, by Margot Cleveland

By Joseph Hollcraft, Ruth Berghorst, Catholic Exchange, August 26, 2024

Editor’s Note: The authors’ book Contemplating the Seven Sorrows of Mary: A Chaplet with St. Alphonsus Liguori is available from Sophia Institute Press.

Since the Middle Ages, there has been particular emphasis placed on bringing Mary into the mission of redemptive suffering with the Chaplet of Our Lady of Sorrows.

On Good Friday of 1239, as they contemplated the Passion of Christ and Mary’s suffering, Our Lady appeared to them. She expressed her desire for them to establish an order focused on her sorrows. Heeding her call, they founded the Servants of Mary, also known as the Servites. …

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