Sorrow 1 of 7Our Father
The prophecy of Simeon
Luke 2:25–35
Simeon speaks of both promise and sorrow. Mary carries his words without knowing how they will unfold.
Pray one Our Father while holding this sorrow before God.
Beads beyond the Rosary
Pray with
a chaplet.
Chaplets pair repeated prayer with a mystery, petition, or devotion. Pray them as a way of drawing closer to Christ, not as formulas or guarantees.
The complete guide here is the Seven Sorrows of Mary. Other chaplets will be added as their prayers and sources are checked.
Also known as the Servite Rosary
The Seven Sorrows
For each sorrow, pray one Our Father and seven Hail Marys while contemplating the corresponding event in the life of Christ and his Mother.
- Simeon’s prophecy
- The flight into Egypt
- The loss of Jesus in Jerusalem
- Meeting Jesus on the road to Calvary
- Standing beneath the Cross
- Receiving the body of Jesus
- The burial of Jesus
Official USCCB guide
Divine Mercy
The Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed on ordinary Rosary beads. The USCCB guide provides the complete prayers and bead sequence.
Pray with the USCCB guide ↗