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Stabat Mater Dolorosa

The sequence of Our Lady of Sorrows at the foot of the Cross.

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Stabat Mater dolorosa iuxta Crucem lacrimosa, dum pendebat Filius.

Cuius animam gementem, contristatam et dolentem pertransivit gladius.

O quam tristis et afflicta fuit illa benedicta Mater Unigeniti.

Quae maerebat et dolebat, pia Mater, dum videbat Nati poenas incliti.

Quis est homo qui non fleret, Matrem Christi si videret in tanto supplicio?

Quis non posset contristari, Christi Matrem contemplari dolentem cum Filio?

Pro peccatis suae gentis vidit Iesum in tormentis et flagellis subditum.

Vidit suum dulcem Natum morientem desolatum, dum emisit spiritum.

Eia, Mater, fons amoris, me sentire vim doloris fac, ut tecum lugeam.

Fac ut ardeat cor meum in amando Christum Deum, ut sibi complaceam.

Sancta Mater, istud agas, Crucifixi fige plagas cordi meo valide.

Tui Nati vulnerati, tam dignati pro me pati, poenas mecum divide.

Fac me tecum pie flere, Crucifixo condolere, donec ego vixero.

Iuxta Crucem tecum stare, et me tibi sociare in planctu desidero.

Virgo virginum praeclara, mihi iam non sis amara, fac me tecum plangere.

Fac ut portem Christi mortem, passionis fac consortem, et plagas recolere.

Fac me plagis vulnerari, fac me cruce inebriari, et cruore Filii.

Flammis ne urar succensus, per te, Virgo, sim defensus in die iudicii.

Christe, cum sit hinc exire, da per Matrem me venire ad palmam victoriae.

Quando corpus morietur, fac ut animae donetur paradisi gloria. Amen.

English

The sorrowful Mother stood weeping beside the Cross, while her Son hung upon it.

A sword pierced her sighing soul, grieving and sorrowful.

How sad and afflicted was that blessed Mother of the Only-begotten Son.

The loving Mother mourned and suffered as she beheld the torments of her glorious Son.

Who would not weep to see the Mother of Christ in such suffering?

Who could behold Christ's Mother sorrowing with her Son and not share her grief?

For the sins of his people she saw Jesus in torment and subjected to the scourge.

She saw her beloved Son dying forsaken as he gave up his spirit.

Mother, fountain of love, let me feel the depth of your sorrow, so that I may mourn with you.

Let my heart burn with love for Christ my God, so that I may be pleasing to him.

Holy Mother, do this for me: impress the wounds of the Crucified firmly upon my heart.

Share with me the sufferings of your wounded Son, who so graciously deigned to suffer for me.

Let me weep devoutly with you and share the sorrow of the Crucified as long as I live.

I long to stand beside the Cross with you and to join you in your lament.

Virgin renowned above all virgins, do not turn away from me; let me lament with you.

Let me bear the death of Christ, share in his Passion and remember his wounds.

Let his wounds pierce me; let me be filled with the Cross and with the Blood of your Son.

Lest I burn in the flames, may I be protected by you, O Virgin, on the day of judgement.

Christ, when I must leave this life, grant that through your Mother I may attain the palm of victory.

When my body dies, grant that my soul may receive the glory of paradise. Amen.

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