The Sorrowful Mysteries - Meditations of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe

The Agony in the Garden

The essence of the love of God consists exclusively in doing the will of God at every moment. And the more difficult this doing will be, the more dislike and aversion there will be, the greater the demonstration of love will be.

The Scourging at the Pillar

He who can suffer much for love can rejoice that his love is deep.

The Crowning with Thorns

If God visits us with painful suffering and the soul walks a thorny path, we should only rejoice that God destines us for high perfection.

The Carrying of the Cross

The stronger and more courageous a soul becomes with the help of God's grace, the greater the cross God places upon its shoulders, so that by its life it may reflect the image of the Crucified as faithfully as possible.

The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus

We will treasure up far more for ourselves when in external and internal darkness, full of sorrows, hardworking, suffering without consolation, persecuted at every step, amid constant failures, abandoned by all, mocked, scoffed at, alone-like the Lord Jesus on the cross-we strive to pray for everyone and by all means... draw them to God through the Immaculate and unite them most closely with Him.