Prayer in Honour of the Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Most holy and afflicted Virgin,

Queen of Martyrs,

you stood beneath the cross,

witnessing the agony of your dying Son.

Look with a mother's tenderness and pity on me,

who kneel before you.

I venerate your sorrows

and I place my requests

with filial confidence

in the sanctuary of your wounded heart.

Present them, I beseech you,

on my behalf to Jesus Christ,

through the merits of His own most sacred passion and death,

together with your sufferings at the foot of the cross.

through united=efficacy both,

obtain the granting of my petition.

To whom shall I have recourse in my wants and miseries

if not to you, Mother of Mercy?

You have drunk so deeply of the chalice of your Son,

you can compassionate our sorrows.

Holy Mather, your soul was pierced

by a sword of sorrow

at the sight of the passion of your Divine Son.

Intercede for me and obtain for me from our Lord

(State your intention here....)

it it be for His honor and glory,

and for my good.

Amen.