Today, Our Lady of Sorrows, is the patronal feast of the Slovak Republic. In Slovakia, this title of Mary is better rendered by the "Seven Sorrows of Mary. (SEDEMBOLESTNEJ PANNY MÁRIE, PATRÓNKY SLOVENSKA)" What are the seven sorrows?
-Simeon's Prophecy
-The Holy Family's Flight Into Egypt
-The boy Jesus' disappearance for three days in the temple
-The meeting of Jesus and Mary along the Via Crucis
-The Crucifixion
-The Reception of the Body of Jesus (pictured)
-The Burial of Jesus
(Photo from Slovak national chapel at the Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC.)
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