{"id":146524,"date":"2019-08-23T19:46:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T23:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/journey-to-joy-reflections-on-the-7-sorrows-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:14:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T20:14:28","slug":"journey-to-joy-reflections-on-the-7-sorrows-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/journey-to-joy-reflections-on-the-7-sorrows-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey to Joy: Reflections on the 7 Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"146524\" class=\"elementor elementor-146524\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a52fed5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a52fed5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c50773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77c50773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How can <span class=\"il\">joy<\/span> and sorrow go together?\u00a0 After all, you usually don\u2019t find grieving widows laughing, nor newlyweds weeping. <span class=\"il\">Joy<\/span> and sorrow are so far removed from each other on the spectrum of human emotion that it seems illogical to stick them together. Yet there is a deep mystery here to unlock\u2026<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Your life has sorrows. You are meant for <span class=\"il\">joy<\/span>. Facing the reality of sorrow, we can either live in denial of the pain or dig deeper for meaning\u2026 and <span class=\"il\">joy<\/span>. In contemplating the seven sorrows of the Mother of Jesus, we can discover what so many Christians over the centuries have found: in Mary\u2019s sorrows we find a model of faith and how to discover happiness in the midst of suffering.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A way to transform sadness into gladness? That is revolutionary! Discovering Mary\u2019s method for converting sorrow to <span class=\"il\">joy<\/span> may just be the single most important step in your spiritual life.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Launch into these pages and begin your <span class=\"il\">journey<\/span> to <span class=\"il\">joy<\/span>: to the meaning, peace, and happiness for which you thirst.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Why should you purchase Journey to Joy?\u00a0 Watch Fr. 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