These chaplets and prayers are both effective and useful for those struggling with impurity and, indeed,
for all of us.

Chaplet of Seven Sorrows of Our Lady

This devotion originated in the thirteenth century.  It recalls the Sorrows which the Virgin Mother of God endured in compassion for the suffering and death of her Divine Son.  The seven Sorrows chaplet consists of one Our Father followed by seven Hail Mary's for each of the Seven Sorrows.  At the end, three Hail Mary's are said in honor of the Tears of our Sorrowful Mother.

 

- The 1^st Sorrow:  The Prophecy of Holy Simeon

The prophecy of Simeon foretold of the bitter passion and death of Jesus, including the piercing of Mary's heart with a sword.

 

-  The 2^nd Sorrow:  The Flight into Egypt

This sorrow recalls how the Holy Family is forced to flee into Egypt from the death decree of Herod, and the slaughter of the Innocents.

-  The 3^rd Sorrow:  The Loss of the Child Jesus

Our Sorrowful Mother is separated from Jesus for three long days while He is lost in Jerusalem.

-  The 4^th Sorrow: 

The Encounter of Jesus and Mary along the way of the Cross

Our Sorrowful Mother meets her son Jesus on the road to Calvary and sees Him fall under the weight of the cruel Cross.

- The 5^th Sorrow:  Jesus dies on the Cross

Our Sorrowful Mother watches her Son die on the Cross.

- The 6^th Sorrow:  Mary Receives the Body of Jesus

Our Sorrowful Mother takes the dead body of Her Son in Her arms as He is taken down from the Cross.

- The 7^th Sorrow:  The Burial of Jesus

Our Sorrowful Mother sees Jesus placed in the tomb.

 

 

(Three Hail Mary's in Honor of the Tears of our Sorrowful Mother)

 

Our Father / Hail Mary / Glory Be - for the intentions of the Holy Father