Meditations for the 5 Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary
A thought is suggested for each of the 10 Hail Marys in each decade. Some people find it helpful simply to gaze at a picture depicting the mystery. The Sorrowful Mysteries are usually prayed on Tuesdays and Fridays, and also on Sundays during Lent.
The Sorrowful Mysteries
I. The Agony in the Garden
- After the Last Supper Jesus and the Apostles go to the Garden of Olives.
- Jesus asks the Apostles to watch with Him.
- Jesus withdraws and prays.
- As He thinks of what He is to suffer and of our ingratitude, He is bathed in a sweat of blood.
- Jesus awakens the Apostles, who have fallen asleep from weariness.
- He returns to His prayer, and asks His Father that this chalice to pass away.
- Jesus again finds the Apostles sleeping.
- He returns to His prayer; an Angel comes to comfort Him.
- Mary keeps an agonizing vigil.
- Jesus goes to meet His betrayer.
II. The Scourging
- The people cry for Christ’s crucifixion.
- Pilate orders Jesus to be scourged even though He is innocent.
- Jesus is stripped and bound to the pillar.
- He is scourged by the soldiers.
- Jesus suffers without complaint.
- Jesus atones for our sins of the flesh.
- Mary suffers in compassion.
- Jesus is scourged above measure.
- The prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled (53:5).
- The Holy Shroud bears witness to the lashes.
III. The Crowning with Thorns
- The soldiers surround Christ and mock Him.
- Jesus is clothed in royal purple.
- The soldiers form a crown of thorns and place it on His head.
- They crush it down so that the thorns pierce His sacred head.
- The soldiers place a reed in Jesus’ hand and mock Him.
- They spit upon Him and strike His face.
- Jesus is beaten with the reed.
- He suffers meekly.
- Mary suffers in compassion.
- Pilate shows Jesus to the people: “Ecce Homo!”
IV. The Carrying of the Cross
- Pilate, washing his hands, condemns Jesus to death.
- The Apostles flee in fear.
- Jesus takes up His cross.
- He is so weak from the scourging that soon He falls beneath it.
- The people jeer at Christ.
- Jesus meets his afflicted Mother.
- Simon is made to help Jesus carry the cross.
- Veronica wipes the face of Jesus.
- Jesus speaks to the weeping women.
- Jesus climbs Calvary.
V. The Crucifixion
- Jesus is stripped of His garments.
- He is nailed to the cross and it is raised.
- The soldiers cast lots for Christ’s robe.
- The people mock Jesus: “If thou art the Christ, come down from the cross!”
- Jesus prays for His enemies: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!”
- He promises paradise to the thief.
- He leaves us His mother: “Son, behold thy mother!”
- Jesus gives up His spirit: “Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit.”
- Jesus is taken down from the cross and laid in His Mother’s arms.
- Jesus is laid in the tomb.
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