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 the Stations  of  the  Cross. In the  same  manner the pious  devotion  of  the  faithful  selected  seven events in  the  life  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary, and gives  itself  to  their  religious  contemplation. They are:  (1)  Simeon's  prophecy  in  the  Temple; (2) the  flight  into  Egypt  with  the  divine  Child; (3) the  loss  of  the  divine  Child  at  Jerusalem; (4) Mary's  meeting  with  her  Son  bearing  the cross; (5)  Mary  beneath  the  cross;  (6)  Mary receives the  body  of  her  Son  from  the  cross; (7) the  placing  of  Jesus'  body  in  the  tomb.

ORGET not  the  sorrows  of  thy  mother" (Ecclus.  vii.  29).  According  to  this  exhortation of  Holy  Scripture  it  is  our  duty  to remember  and  meditate  often  on  the  sorrows  of the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary.  We  ought  never  to forget  that  our  sins  were  the  cause  of  the  sufferings and  death  of  Jesus,  and  therefore  also  of  the sorrows  of  Mary.

Holy Church  celebrates  two  feasts  in  honor of the  sorrows  of  Mary;  she  approved  of  the Rosary and  of  many  other  devotions  in  honor  of the  Seven  Dolors,  and  enriched  them  with  numerous indulgences. Let us  practise  these  devotions to enkindle  in  our  hearts  a  true  and  ardent  love for our  sorrowful  Mother.