The Servite Rosary or the Chaplet of Seven Sorrows is a Rosary based prayer commemorates the Seven Sorrows Of Our Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Chaplet of Seven Sorrows was approved through the grant of indulgences by Pope Benedict XII, Pope Clement XII and Pope Clement XIII.

Mother Mary identified herself as Our Lady of The Word to the Visionaries and instructed them “One must meditate on the Passion of Jesus, and on the deep sorrows of His Mother. One must recite the Rosary every day and also the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows of Mary, to obtain the favour of repentance.”  These apparitions occurred in Kihebo, Rwanda between 1982-1983.

The Rosary of Seven Sorrows may be recited as a whole in a day or each sorrow may be recited each day over a week.

PROMISES OF OUR LADY TO THOSE WHO PRAY THE SEVEN SORROWS ROSARY

TO SAINT BRIDGET OF SWEDEN (1303-1373)

1. ”I will grant peace to their families.”
2. ”They will be enlightened about the divine Mysteries.”
3. ”I will console them in their pains and will accompany them in their work.”
4. ”I will give them as much as they ask for as long as it does not oppose the adorable will of my divine Son or the sanctification of their souls.”
5. ”I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the infernal enemy and I will protect them at every instant of their lives.”
6. ”I will visibly help them at the moment of their death– they will see the face of their mother.”
7. ”I have obtained this grace from my divine Son, that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolors will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness, since all their sins will be forgiven and my Son will be their eternal consolation and joy.

TO MARIE CLAIRE OF KIBEHO, RWANDA (1961-1994)

• With the recitation of the Seven Sorrows Rosary, the hardest hearts shall change, if you pray it for yourself or for others.
• By the recitation of the Seven Sorrows Rosary, you shall be freed from obsessions and addictions.
• This rosary when said from the heart, it will win us true repentance of our sins and free our souls from guilt and remorse.
• Those who say it often, especially as re-commended by Our Lady to Marie Claire, on Tuesdays and Fridays, shall obtain clear understanding of their weaknesses and flaws causing them to sin and those things we don’t like about ourselves and thought were a part of our character, shall change.
• You shall obtain whatever you ask for through this rosary, praying this rosary from the heart.
• More than ever, the world needs the Seven Sorrows Rosary

The Seven Swords of Sorrows of Our Mother Mary:

1. The Prophecy of Simeon (Luke 2:34-35)
2. The Flight into Egypt (Mathew 2:13-15)
3. The Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple of Jerusalem

 (Luke 2:41-51)

• Mary meets Jesus as He carries His Cross to Calvary

(Luke 23:26-31)

• Mary stands near the Cross of her Son Jesus (John 19:25-27)
• Mary receives into her as the body of Jesus taken down from the Cross (John 19:38)
• Mary helps place the body of Jesus in the tomb (John 19:39-42)

How to recite the Chaplet of Seven Sorrows?

1. Sign of the Cross: In the name of The Father, and The Son, and The Holy Spirit. Amen.
2. Introductory Prayer: My God, I offer You this Rosary for Your glory, so I can honour your Holy Mother, the Blessed Virgin, so I can share and meditate upon her suffering. I humbly beg you to give me true repentance for all my sins. Give me wisdom and humility, so that I may receive all the indulgences contained in this prayer.
3. Act of Contrition: O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend You, my God, You Who are all good and deserving of all my love.  I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen.
4. Recite each Sorrow at a time.
5. Say Our Father.
6. Say Hail Mary on each of the Seven beads of the Rosary.
7. Say “Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary pray for us” “ Holy Mother hear my prayers and renew in my heart each wound of Jesus my Saviour ” or Glory Be.

• Repeat Steps 1-6 for the remaining Six Sorrows.

• Say Three Hail Marys dedicated to the tears of Our Mother Mary.

1. Closing Prayer:

V. Pray for us, O most sorrowful Virgin.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray.

 Lord Jesus, we now implore, both for the present and for the hour      of our death, the intercession of the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Thy Mother, whose holy soul was pierced at the time of Thy passion by a sword of grief. Grant us this favour, O Saviour of the world, Who liveth and reigneth with the Father and the Holy Ghost, forever and ever. Amen.

10) Litany of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven,
Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us.
Holy Virgin of virgins,
pray for us.
Mother of the Crucified,
pray for us.
Sorrowful Mother,
pray for us.
Mournful Mother,
pray for us.
Sighing Mother,
pray for us.
Afflicted Mother,
pray for us.
Forsaken Mother,
pray for us.
Desolate Mother,
pray for us.
Mother most sad,
pray for us.
Mother set around with anguish,
pray for us.
Mother overwhelmed by grief,
pray for us.
Mother transfixed by a sword,
pray for us.
Mother crucified in thy heart,
pray for us.
Mother bereaved of thy Son,
pray for us.
Sighing Dove,
pray for us.
Mother of Sorrows,
pray for us.
Fount of tears,
pray for us.
Sea of bitterness,
pray for us.
Field of tribulation,
pray for us.
Mass of suffering,
pray for us.
Mirror of patience,
pray for us.
Rock of constancy,
pray for us.
Remedy in perplexity,
pray for us.
Joy of the afflicted,
pray for us.
Ark of the desolate,
pray for us.
Refuge of the abandoned,
pray for us.
Shield of the oppressed,
pray for us.
Conqueror of the incredulous,
pray for us.
Solace of the wretched,
pray for us.
Medicine of the sick,
pray for us.
Help of the faint,
pray for us.
Strength of the weak,
pray for us.
Protectress of those who fight,
pray for us.
Haven of the shipwrecked,
pray for us.
Calmer of tempests,
pray for us.
Companion of the sorrowful,
pray for us.
Retreat of those who groan,
pray for us.
Terror of the treacherous,
pray for us.
Standard-bearer of the Martyrs,
pray for us.
Treasure of the Faithful,
pray for us.
Light of Confessors,
pray for us.
Pearl of Virgins,
pray for us.
Comfort of Widows,
pray for us.
Joy of all Saints,
pray for us.
Queen of thy Servants,
pray for us.
Holy Mary, who alone art unexampled,
pray for us.

Pray for us, most Sorrowful Virgin,
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
O God, in whose Passion, according to the prophecy of Simeon, a sword of grief pierced through the most sweet soul of Thy glorious Blessed Virgin Mother Mary: grant that we, who celebrate the memory of her Seven Sorrows, may obtain the happy effect of Thy Passion, Who lives and reigns world without end. Amen.

The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows is celebrated on 15^th September.