Marian Devotion
Stabat Mater Dolorosa
Stabat Mater
Traditional English Formula
At the Cross her station keeping,
Stood the mournful Mother weeping,
Close to Jesus to the last.
Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,
All His bitter anguish bearing,
Now at length the sword has passed. Amen.
Textus Latinus (Traditional Latin Formula)
Stabat Mater dolorosa
iuxta Crucem lacrimosa,
dum pendebat Filius.
Cuius animam gementem,
contristatam et dolentem
pertransivit gladius. Amen.