The Healing Journey

July 23, 2025

The Blessed Mother revealed Seven Promises to St. Bridget of Sweden for those who meditate on her Seven Sorrows. The promises are:

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 propagate this devotion to My tears and sorrows will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness, since all their sins will be forgiven and My Son will be their eternal consolation and joy.

Say a Hail Mary as you meditate on each sorrow. Begin with this prayer:

Dear Mother Mary, your heart was pained so much on your earthly pilgrimage by the sufferings your family and your nation endured. A sword of sorrow pierced your loving heart each time you experienced the pain of sin, which wounded your innocent Son and those around you.  We need you, Mary, to be with us in our sorrows, that we may not give up or despair, but keep hoping in God’s love for us, and in the fulfillment of His promises.  We, too, want to console your tender heart, so pained by our sins, which continue so grievously against your Son today.  Sweet Mother of Sorrows, we love you.  Amen.

1. The Prophecy of Simeon
2. The Flight into Egypt
3. The Loss of Jesus for Three Days in the Temple
4. Meeting Jesus on his way to Calvary
5. Jesus’ Crucifixion and Death
6. Jesus Taken Down from the Cross
7. Jesus Laid in the Tomb

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