A Crown of Tribulation: Meditations on the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady

Mediations on the Seven Sorrows written in 1920. (Imprimatur & Nihil Obstat 1920)

67 pages  |  8in x 5in  |  Paperback

Thy own soul a sword shall pierce.

When these words spoken in the Temple, the first of seven swords entered the Immaculate Heart of Mary. From that moment the Mother of God walked a lifelong Calvary. This meditation leads the reader, sorrow by sorrow, into the interior of that pierced Heart. Drawing deeply from Sacred Scripture, these meditations reveal Mary not merely as a distant figure of piety, but as the living Queen of Martyrs whose every suffering was offered in perfect union with the Passion of her Son. Here the traditional Catholic will find:

• Fresh light upon each of the Seven Sorrows.
• A deeper comprehension of why the Church has always held the Mater Dolorosa so close to the Sacred Heart.
• Concrete help in uniting one’s own trials, losses, and daily crosses to the sorrows of the Mother of God.
• A renewed desire to console her, to stand with her at the Cross.

These pages do not offer sentiment. They offer the strong, purifying fire of true devotion — the kind that has formed saints and sustained the faithful through every age of the Church. Take up these meditations. Let the sword that pierced her Heart now pierce yours — with love, with gratitude, and with a deeper share in the mystery of redemptive suffering.