Devotion to the seven pains of Mary: the prayers dictated by the Madonna

Our Lady invited Sister Amalia to meditate on each of her seven pains so that the emotion aroused by them in each one's heart could increase the virtues and the practice of good.
Thus the Virgin herself proposed to the religious these mysteries of pain:

«1st pain - The presentation of my Son in the temple
In this first pain we see how my heart was pierced by a sword when Simeon prophesied that my Son would be salvation for many, but also ruin for others. The virtue you can learn through this pain is that of holy obedience to your superiors, because they are God's instruments. From the moment I knew that a sword would pierce my soul, I always experienced great pain. I turned to heaven and said, "In you I trust." Whoever trusts in God will never be confused. In your pains and troubles, trust in God and you will never regret this confidence. When obedience requires that you endure some sacrifices, trusting in God, you dedicate your pains and apprehensions to him, suffering willingly in his love. Obey, not for human reasons but for the love of Him who for your love became obedient until death on the cross.

2nd pain - The flight to Egypt
Beloved children, when we fled to Egypt, I felt great pain in knowing that they wanted to kill my dear Son, the one who brought salvation. The difficulties in a foreign land did not affect me as much as knowing that my innocent Son was persecuted because he was the Redeemer.
Dear souls, how much I suffered during this exile. But I endured everything with love and holy joy because God had made me the cooperator for the salvation of souls. If I was forced into that exile it was to protect my Son, suffering trials for the One who would one day become the key to the abode of peace. One day these pains will be converted into smiles and support for souls because He will open the doors of heaven.
My beloved, in the greatest trials you can be cheerful when you suffer to please God and for his love. In a foreign land, I rejoiced that I could suffer with Jesus, my beloved son.
In the holy friendship of Jesus and suffering all for his love, one cannot suffer without sanctifying oneself. Immersed in pain suffer the unhappy, those who live far from God, those who are not friends. Poor unhappy, they surrender to despair because they do not have the comfort of divine friendship that gives the soul so much peace and so much trust. Souls who accept your pains for the love of God, rejoice in joy because great and your reward in resembling the crucified Jesus who suffers so much for the love of your souls.
Rejoice all those who, like me, are called away from their homeland to defend Jesus. Great will be their reward for being pronounced to indulge the will of God.
Dear souls, come on! Learn from me not to measure sacrifices when it comes to the glory and interests of Jesus, who also did not measure his sacrifices to open the doors of the abode of peace.

3rd pain - Loss of the Child Jesus
Beloved children, try to understand this immense pain of mine when I lost my beloved Son for three days.
I knew that my son was the promised Messiah, as I thought then of giving God the treasure that had been given to me? So much pain and so much agony, without the hope of meeting him!
When I met him in the temple, among the doctors, I told him that he had left me three days in affliction, and here is what he replied: "I came into the world to look after the interests of my Father, who is in heaven".
To this response of the tender Jesus, I fell silent, and I, his mother, from that moment I understood, I had to return him to his redemptive mission, suffering for the redemption of mankind.
Souls that suffer, learn from this pain of mine to submit to the will of God, as we are often asked for the benefit of one of our loved ones.
Jesus left me in great anguish for three days for your benefit. Learn with me to suffer and to prefer the will of God to yours. Mothers who will cry when you see your generous children listen to the divine lament, learn with me to sacrifice your natural love. If your children are called to work in the Lord's vineyard, do not suffocate such a noble aspiration, as is the religious vocation. Mothers and fathers of consecrated persons, even if your heart is bleeding with pain, let them go, let them correspond to the designs of God who uses so much predilection with them. Fathers who suffer, offer God the pain of separation, so that your children who were called may be proper children of the One who called us. Remember that your children belong to God, not to you. You must rise to serve and love God in this world, so one day in heaven you will praise him for all eternity.
Poor those who want to bind their children, suffocating their vocations! The fathers who behave in this way could lead their children to eternal perdition, in which case they will have to account to God on the last day. Instead, by protecting their vocations, following such a noble end, what a beautiful reward these lucky fathers will receive! And you, beloved children who are called by God, proceed as Jesus did with me. In the first place, obeying the will of God, who called you to live in his house, saying: "Whoever loves his father and mother more than me is not worthy of me". Be vigilant, so that a natural love does not prevent you from responding to the divine call!
Chosen souls who were called and sacrificed your dearest affections and your own will to serve God, your reward will be great. Come on! Be generous in everything and boast of God for having been chosen for such a noble end.
You who weep, fathers, brothers, rejoice because your tears will one day be converted into pearls, as mine were converted in favor of humanity.

4th pain - Painful meeting on the way to Calvary
Beloved children, try to see if there is a pain comparable to mine when, on the way to Calvary, I met my divine Son loaded with a heavy cross and insulted almost as if he were a criminal.
'It is established that the Son of God be tortured to open the doors of the home of peace. " I remembered his words and accepted the will of the Most High, which was always my strength, especially in hours so cruel as this.
On meeting him, his eyes looked at me steadily and made me understand the pain of his soul. They could not say a word to me, but they made me understand that it was necessary for me to join in his great pain. My beloved, the union of our great pain in that meeting was the strength of so many martyrs and so many afflicted mothers!
Souls who fear sacrifice, learn from this encounter to submit to the will of God as my Son and I have done. Learn to keep silent in your sufferings.
In silence, we deposited our immense pain in ourselves to give you immeasurable wealth! Your souls feel the efficacy of this wealth in the hour in which, overwhelmed by pain, they will resort to me, meditating on this most painful encounter. The value of our silence will be converted into strength for afflicted souls, when in difficult hours they will know how to resort to meditation on this pain.
Beloved children, how precious silence is in moments of suffering! There are souls who cannot bear physical pain, a torture of the soul in silence; they want to externalize it so that everyone can testify to it. My Son and I endured everything in silence for the love of God!
Dear souls, pain humbles and is in the holy humility that God builds. Without humility you will work in vain, for your pain is necessary for your sanctification.
Learn to suffer in silence, just as Jesus and I suffered in this painful encounter on the way to Calvary.

5th pain - At the foot of the cross
Beloved children, in the meditation of this pain of mine, your souls will find consolation and strength against the thousand temptations and difficulties encountered, learning to be strong in all the battles of your life.
Like me at the foot of the cross, witnessing the death of Jesus with my soul and heart pierced by the most cruel pains.
Do not be scandalized as the Jews did. They said: "If he is God, why doesn't he come down from the cross and free himself?" Poor Jews, ignorant of one, in bad faith the other, did not want to believe that he was the Messiah. They could not understand that a God humiliated himself so much and that his divine doctrine nailed humility. Jesus had to lead by example, so that his children would find the strength to practice a virtue that costs them so much in this world, in whose veins the legacy of pride flows. Unhappy those who, in imitation of those who crucified Jesus, do not know how to humble themselves today.
After three hours of tormented agony my adorable Son died, throwing my soul into total darkness. Without doubting a single moment, I accepted the will of God and in my painful silence I handed over my immense pain to the Father, asking, like Jesus, for forgiveness for the criminals.
Meanwhile, what comforted me in that anguished hour? Doing God's will was my comfort. Knowing that heaven had been opened for all children was my consolation. Because I too, on Calvary, had been tried with the absence of any consolation.
Beloved children. Suffering in union with the sufferings of Jesus gives consolation; to suffer for having done good in this world, receiving contempt and humiliation, gives strength.
What glory for your souls if one day, to love God with all your heart, you too will be persecuted!
Learn to meditate many times on this pain of mine because this will give you the strength to be humble: virtue loved by God and men of good will.

6th pain - A spear pierces the heart of Jesus, and then ... I received His inanimate Body
Beloved children, with the soul immersed in the deepest pain, I saw Longinus pass through the heart of my Son without being able to say a word. I shed many tears ... Only God can understand the martyrdom that that hour aroused in my heart and in my soul!
Then they deposited Jesus in my arms. Not as candid and beautiful as in Bethlehem ... Dead and wounded, so much so that he looked more like a leper than that adorable and enchanting child that I clasped to my heart many times.
Beloved children, if I suffer so much, will you not be able to accept your sufferings?
Why, then, do you not resort to my confidence, forgetting that I have so much value before the Most High?
Since I suffered greatly at the foot of the cross, much was given to me. If I hadn't suffered so much, I wouldn't have received the treasures of paradise in my hands.
The pain of seeing Jesus' heart pierced with a spear gave me the power to introduce, in that lovable heart, all those who resort to me. Come to me, because I can place you in the most holy heart of Jesus crucified, home of love and eternal happiness!
Suffering is always good for the soul. Souls that suffer, rejoice with me that I was the second martyr of Calvary! In fact, my soul and my heart participated in the Savior's tortures, in conformity with the will of the Most High to repair the sin of the first woman. Jesus was the new Adam and I the new Eve, thus freeing humanity from the wickedness in which it was immersed.
To correspond now to so much love, have a lot of trust in me, do not afflict yourself in the adversities of life, on the contrary, entrust to me all your perplexities and all your pains because I can give you the treasures of the heart of Jesus in abundance.
Do not forget, my children, to meditate on this immense pain of mine when your cross will weigh on you. You will find the strength to suffer for the love of Jesus who patiently suffered the most infamous of deaths on the cross.

7th pain - Jesus is buried
Beloved children, how much pain when I had to bury my Son! How humiliated my Son underwent, being buried, he who was the same God! Out of humility, Jesus submitted to his own burial, then, gloriously, he rose from the dead.
Jesus knew well how much I had to suffer seeing him buried, not sparing me he wanted me to be a part of his infinite humiliation.
Souls that you fear being humiliated, do you see how God loved humiliation? So much so that he let himself be buried in the holy tabernacle, hiding his majesty and splendor until the end of the world. Truly, what is seen in the tabernacle? Just a white host and nothing more. He hides his magnificence under the white dough of the bread species.
Humility does not lower man, because God humbled himself until burial, never ceasing to be God.
Beloved children, if you want to correspond to the love of Jesus, show that you love him very much by accepting humiliations. This will purify you of all your imperfections, making you only desire paradise.

Dear Sons, if I have presented you my seven pains it is not to boast, but only to show you the virtues that must be practiced to be with me one day alongside Jesus. You will receive immortal glory, which is the reward for the souls who in this world they knew how to die to themselves, living only for God.
Your mother blesses you and invites you to meditate repeatedly on these words dictated because I love you very much ».