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Luke 2:34-35And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, '' Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.''
What is this sword? It is the close unity in suffering between Jesus and His Blessed Mother. Pope Pius XII said it well in his 1956 encyclical Haurietis Aquas;
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'In bringing about the work of human redemption, the  Most Blessed Virgin Mary was, by the will of God, so indissolubly associated with Christ that our salvation proceeded from the love and sufferings of Jesus Christ intimately joined with the love and sorrows of His mother.'
St. Bridget passed on the devotion known as the Seven Dolors (sorrows) of Our Lady. These are
1. The prophecy of Simeon.
2. The flight into Egypt.
3. The loss of the Child Jesus in the temple.
4. The meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the Cross.
5. The Crucifixion.
6. The taking down of the Body of Jesus from the Cross.
7. The burial of Jesus.
St. Bridget said that Our Lady would grant 7 graces to souls who daily honour her by saying 7 Hail Mary's whilst meditating on these dolors;
1. I will grant peace to their families.
2. They will be enlightened about the divine mysteries.
3. I will console them in their pains and I will accompany them in their work.
4. I will give them as much as they ask for as long as
it does not oppose the adorable will of my Divine Son or the sanctification of their souls.
5. I will defend them in their spiritual battles with the infernal enemy and I will protect them at every instant of their lives.
6. I will visibly help them at the moment of their death, they will see the face of their Mother.
7. I have obtained (This Grace) from my Divine Son, that those who propogate this devotion to my tears and dolors, will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness since all their sins will be forgiven and my Son and I will be their eternal consolation and joy.
Who would not want to console Our Blessed Mother in this way, knowing that she suffered so much for love of Jesus... and for us - for you and for me?
