Devotion to Mary's pains and the true promises of the Madonna
Our Lady said to Marie Claire, one of the visionaries of Kibeho chosen to advertise the spread of this chaplet: “What I ask of you is repentance. If you recite this chaplet by meditating, then you will have the strength to repent. Nowadays many no longer know how to ask for forgiveness. They put the Son of God on the cross again. This is why I wanted to come and remind you, especially here in Rwanda, because here there are still humble people who are not attached to wealth and money ". (31.5.1982) ". I ask you to teach it to the whole world ..., while remaining here, because my grace is omnipotent". 15.8.1982)
These apparitions were officially recognized by the Church on 29.6.2001.
O God, come save me. O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory to the Father
My God, I offer you this Chaplet of sorrows for Your greater glory, in honor of Your Holy Mother. I will meditate and share His suffering.
O Mary, I beseech you, for the tears you shed in those moments, obtain for me and for all sinners the repentance of our sins.
We recite the Chaplet praying for all the good you have done to us by giving us the Redeemer, which we, unfortunately, continue to crucify every day.
We know that if someone has been ungrateful to another who has done him good and wants to thank him, the first thing he does is to reconcile with him; for this reason we recite the Chaplet thinking of the death of Jesus for our sins and asking for forgiveness.
Credo
To me a sinner and to all sinners grant the perfect contrition of our sins (3 times).
FIRST PAIN: Old Simeon announces to Maria that a sword of pain will pierce her soul.
Jesus' father and mother were amazed at the things they said about him. Simeon blessed them and spoke to Mary, his mother: “He is here for the ruin and resurrection of many in Israel, a sign of contradiction for the thoughts of many hearts to be revealed. And to you too a sword will pierce the soul. " (Lk 2,33-35)
Our father
7 Ave Maria
Mother full of mercy reminds our heart of the sufferings of Jesus during his Passion.
Let's pray:
O Mary, the sweetness for the birth of Jesus has not yet disappeared, which you already understand that you will be fully involved in the destiny of pain that awaits Your Divine Son. For this suffering, intercede for us from the Father the grace of a true conversion of the heart, a complete decision for holiness, without fearing the crosses of the Christian journey and the misunderstandings of men. Amen.
SECOND PAIN: Mary flees to Egypt with Jesus and Joseph.
The Magi had just left, when an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said to him: “Get up, take the child and his mother with you and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I warn you, because Herod is looking for the child. to kill him. "
When Joseph woke up, he took the child and his mother with him, and in the night he fled to Egypt, where he remained until the death of Herod, so that what the Lord had said through the prophet would be fulfilled: “From Egypt I called the my son. (Mt 2,13-15)
Our father
7 Ave Maria
Mother full of mercy reminds our heart of the sufferings of Jesus during his Passion.
Let's pray:
O Mary, sweetest Mother, who you knew how to believe in the voice of the Angels and you docilely set out on your way trusting God in everything, make us become like you, ready to always believe that the Will of God is only a source of grace and salvation for us. Make us docile, like you, to the Word of God and ready to follow Him with confidence.
THIRD PAIN: The loss of Jesus.
They were amazed to see him and his mother said to him: “Son, why have you done this to us? Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously. " (Lk 2,48)
Our father
7 Ave Maria
Mother full of mercy reminds our heart of the sufferings of Jesus during his Passion.
Let's pray:
O Mary, we ask you to teach us to meditate in the heart, with docility and love, all that the Lord offers us to live, even when we cannot understand and anguish wants to overwhelm us. Give us the grace to be close to you so that you can communicate your strength and your faith to us. Amen.
FOURTH PAIN: Mary meets her Son loaded with the Cross.
A large crowd of people and women followed him, beating their breasts and making complaints about him. (Lk 23,27)
Our father
7 Ave Maria
Mother full of mercy reminds our heart of the sufferings of Jesus during his Passion.
Let's pray:
O Mary, we ask you to teach us the courage to suffer, to say yes to pain, when it becomes part of our life and God sends it to us as a means of salvation and purification.
Let us be generous and docile, capable of looking Jesus in the eyes and finding in this gaze the strength to continue living for him, for his plan of love in the world, even if this should cost us, as it cost you.
FIFTH PAIN: Mary stands at the Cross of the Son
His mother, her mother's sister, Mary of Cleopa and Mary of Magdala stood at the cross of Jesus. Then Jesus, seeing the mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, said to the mother: "Woman, here is your son!". Then he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother!" And from that moment the disciple took her into his home. (Jn 19,25-27)
Our father
7 Ave Maria
Mother full of mercy reminds our heart of the sufferings of Jesus during his Passion.
Let's pray:
O Mary, you who know suffering, make us sensitive also to the pain of others, not only ours. In all suffering give us the strength to continue to hope and believe in the love of God who overcomes evil with good and who overcomes death to open us to the joy of the Resurrection.
SIXTH PAIN: Mary receives the inanimate body of her Son.
Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to take the body of Jesus. Pilate granted it. Then he went and took the body of Jesus. Nicodemus, the one who had previously gone to him at night, also went and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloe of about a hundred pounds. They then took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in bandages together with aromatic oils, as is the custom of burying for the Jews. (Jn 19,38-40)
Our father
7 Ave Maria
Mother full of mercy reminds our heart of the sufferings of Jesus during his Passion.
Let's pray:
O Mary, accept our praise for what you do for us and accept the offer of our life: we do not want to detach ourselves from you because at any moment we can draw from your courage and your faith the strength to be witnesses of a love that does not die .
For that timeless pain of yours, lived in silence, give us, Heavenly Mother, the grace to detach ourselves from any attachment to earthly things and affections and aspire only to union with Jesus in the silence of the heart. Amen.
SEVENT PAIN: Mary at the tomb of Jesus.
Now, in the place where he had been crucified, there was a garden and in the garden a new sepulcher, in which no one had yet been laid. There they therefore laid Jesus, because of the Parasceve of the Jews, since that tomb was near. (Jn 19,41-42)
Our father
7 Ave Maria
Mother full of mercy reminds our heart of the sufferings of Jesus during his Passion.
Let's pray:
O Mary, what pain you still feel today in finding that so often the sepulcher of Jesus is in our hearts.
Come, Mother and with Your tenderness visit our heart in which, because of sin, we often bury divine love. And when we have the impression of having death in our hearts, give us the grace to promptly turn our gaze to the Merciful Jesus and to recognize the Resurrection and Life in Him. Amen.
Mother full of mercy remind us every day of the Passion of Jesus.
Finish with the Ave Maria all'Addolorata:
Ave Maria, full of pain,
Jesus Crucified is with you.
You are worthy of compassion among all women
and worthy of compassion is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Santa Maria, Mother of Jesus Crucified,
get to us, crucifixors of your Son,
tears of sincere repentance,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.