Sorrowful Mysteries

Father, let this suffering pass from me;
yet not my will but yours be done.
May you be blessed forever.
Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me.
With you I am nailed to the cross.
Let my pains be mingled with yours
for the saving of the world.
Holy Spirit, comforter and consoler,
heal what is ill in me,
strengthen what is weak,
sweeten what is sour or cranky.
Save me from depression and self-pity;
renew my courage;
bring me to pray with Jesus on the cross:
Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.

Amen.

I came across this lovely prayer and it got me to thinking about the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary. Of all the mysteries, I feel that the sorrowful ones can be the most therapeutic in times of pain because "With you I am nailed to the cross. Let my pains be mingled with yours for the saving of the world."

It's a wonderful kind of purging. When we are mingled with his pain, then that is where the opportunity to heal lies, "heal what is ill in me, strengthen what is weak, sweeten what is sour or cranky. Save me from depression and self-pity; renew my courage."