Each month of the liturgical year is devoted to a particular Catholic tradition, usually centered on a Feast during that month. As August is the Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, September follows as the Month of Our Lady of Sorrows. 

All are invited to join us on a 9 Day Journey with Our Lady of Sorrows as we contemplate the 7 Swords that pierced her heart which were foretold by the Priest Simeon. . . "and you yourself shall be pierced with a sword so that the thoughts of many may be revealed". For this reason, Mary is sometimes depicted with her heart exposed and with seven swords piercing it. Each new suffering that Mary endured was received with the courage, love, and trust that echoed her fiat, "let it be done unto me according to Thy Word," first uttered at the Annunciation.

A link to the novena can be found here; if you wish to listen to the words of the novena, along with scriptures for each of the Seven Sorrows, click here.

The 7 Swords of Sorrow are:

• The Prophecy of Simeon
• The Flight into Egypt
• The Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple of Jerusalem
• Mary's meeting Jesus on the Via Dolorosa
• The Crucifixion of Jesus on Mount Calvary
• Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross
• The Burial of Jesus