Via Matris: the path of Mary. Prayer

THE WAY OF MARY

Modeled on the Via Crucis and flourished from the trunk of devotion to the "seven sorrows" of the Virgin, this form of prayer germinated in the century. XVI progressively imposed itself, until it reached its present form in the century. XIX. The founding theme is the consideration of the trial journey lived by Mary, in her pilgrimage of faith, along the life span of her Son and exposed in seven stations:

1) the revelation of Simeon (Lk 2,34-35);
2) the flight to Egypt (Mt 2,13-14);
3) the loss of Jesus (Lk 2,43: 45-XNUMX);
4) the encounter with Jesus on the way to Calvary;
5) the presence under the cross of the Son (Jn 19,25-27);
6) the welcome of Jesus laid down from the cross (cf Mt 27,57-61 and par.);
7) the burial of Christ (cf Jn 19,40-42 and par.)

At each invocation recite Tre Ave Maria