A prayer for all those moments and situations in life that seem to have no way out.
For all our present material and spiritual needs—including physical safety and peace in our families—for ourselves, for our loved ones, and for the present times as well as those prophesied to come soon, let us turn with great confidence to the intercession and protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, contemplating Her Sorrows united with the Sorrows of the Redeemer.
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Everyone needs great faith, hope, and charity to face the difficulties and dangers of the present times and the events to come; therefore, let us KEEP COMPANY with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, every day as well, as our time allows (along with the Rosary, our favorite prayers, and Holy Mass: at home, in church, or during work breaks), meditating on Her Sorrows as Co-Redemptrix—suffered with Jesus for our salvation during Her earthly life. Through this act of charity and love for the Mother of the Savior, we will ease our own sorrows and receive solace, strength, and peace amid life’s difficulties and adversities—for ourselves and our loved ones—even in situations that seem impossible by human judgment.
- Introduction
- How to pray the VIA DOLOROSA
- THE VIA DOLOROSA
- First Station:
THE SORROW OF SIMEON’S PROPHECY - Second Station:
THE SORROW OF THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT - Third Station:
THE SORROW OF LOSING JESUS - Fourth Station:
THE SORROW OF THE DEATH OF ST. JOSEPH - Fifth Station:
THE SORROW FOR THE REDEEMER’S DEPARTURE FROM NAZARETH - Sixth Station:
THE SORROW FOR THE PERSECUTION OF JESUS DURING HIS PUBLIC LIFE - Seventh Station
THE SORROW OF THE FAREWELL TO JESUS AS HE SETS OUT FOR HIS PASSION - Eighth Station:
THE SORROW OF MARY’S MYSTICAL AGONY, UNITED WITH THAT OF HER SON IN GETHSEMANE - Ninth Station:
THE SORROW OF MARY’S MYSTICAL FLAGELLATION, UNITED WITH THAT OF HER SON’S BLOODY ONE - Tenth Station:
THE SORROW OF MARY’S MYSTICAL CROWNING WITH THORNS, UNITED WITH THAT OF HER SON - Eleventh Station:
THE SORROW OF THE MOTHER WHO MEETS HER SON BEARING THE CROSS ON THE ROAD TO CALVARY - Twelfth Station:
THE SORROW OF MARY’S PASSION, UNITED WITH THE BLOODY CRUCIFIXION, AGONY, AND DEATH OF HER SON ON THE CROSS - Thirteenth Station:
THE SORROW OF MARY OVER THE SPEAR THAT PIERCED JESUS’ SIDE AND THE DEPOSITION OF HER SON FROM THE CROSS INTO HER ARMS - Fourteenth Station:
THE SORROW OF MARY AT THE PLACING OF JESUS IN THE TOMB: THE AGONY AND LONELINESS OF THE MOTHER
- First Station:
- Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Appendix: Mary and the Shekinah
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God the Father: «
"If you knew how you shine after duly approaching the Sacrament of Confession. "Jesus is in the Confessional and He hears every word, sees into every corner of your heart and Is eager to bestow the graces inherent in His Forgiveness.
"I ask to end to this abomination! No more of extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, no more of Communions in the hand!"
"Oh Jesus of Divine Mercy, hear my pleadings to you, for I am here to do your Will!"
"I place myself in the presence of the Most Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and by the power of the Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, I break, undo, trample, annihilate, render ineffective, and erase from my physical, psychic, biological, and spiritual being every curse that has been placed on me, on my family and family tree, on any person, family member, or ancestor through acts of occultism or spiritism. By the power of the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ and through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael, I break and render ineffective every curse, whatever its nature, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen (Repeat the prayer 3 times)" 
"O glorious St. Joseph! by your profound humility, by your unalterable meekness, by your invincible patience, by your angelic purity and perfect fidelity that made you a timely imitator of the virtues of Jesus and Mary, I ask you to console me in all my sorrows, to guide me in all my doubts, to defend me in all temptations, to deliver me from all spiritual and material dangers; to extend your arm against all my visible and invisible enemies, breaking and destroying all the snares and barriers that they tend and arm against me. Amen." 
"Oh, blessed Saint Michael, protect us from the attacks and snares of the evil spirits because you know full well that we are poor mortals, fragile and weak, in need of the Mercy of God and of your protection to fulfill the mission that Heaven has commissioned to us. Oh, Saint Michael, may your victorious cry: “who is like God? no one is like God”, suppress and cast into Hell satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the destruction of souls. Amen"
Come, Holy Spirit, send to us from Heaven a ray of your light. Come, Father of the poor, come, giver of gifts, come, light of hearts. Perfect comforter, sweet guest of the soul, sweetest relief. In toil, rest, in heat, shelter, in weeping comfort. O most blessed light, invade into the depths the hearts of your faithful. Without your strength nothing is in man, nothing is without fault. Wash what is sordid, bathe what is parched, heal what bleeds. Bend that which is stiff, warm that which is icy, straighten that which is astray. Give to your faithful who trust in you alone your Holy Gifts. Give virtue and reward, give holy death, give eternal joy. Amen.
"O Hearts of Jesus and Mary; I consecrate myself, I consecrate my family and the whole world, to your Most Beloved Hearts. Listen to the supplication which I making to you and accept our hearts in Yours, to be delivered and protected we, the whole world, from all evil and all sin. May the protection of your Two Hearts be refuge, strength, and protection, in the daily spiritual struggles. That the power of your Two Hearts irradiates the world so that it is protected from evil and sin. We willingly consecrate ourselves and consecrate all mankind to your Hearts; sure and confident, for your Great Mercy, to obtain the victory over the forces of evil in this world, and the eternal Glory in the Kingdom of God. Amen"