The contemplation of the "Seven Sorrows of Mary" is an old form of Marian devotion that has become rare today. If you would like to follow this devotion, you will find seven wayside shrines in Serkenrode - on the way from the cemetery to the "Hemke".
The seven sorrows are:
- The prophecy of Simeon, at the presentation of Jesus in the temple, Jesus would be contradicted much, but also his mother would be pierced through the soul with a sword (Gospel of Luke 2, 35).
- The escape to Egypt from the child murderer Herod (Gospel of Matthew 2, 13-15).
- The loss of the twelve-year-old Jesus in the temple in Jerusalem and the three-day search for him (Gospel of Luke 2, 42-48).
- The encounter with her son on his way to the cross, depicted in the 4th station of the Way of the Cross (cf. Luke 23, 27).
- The perseverance under the cross of Jesus (Gospel of John 19, 25-27).
- The taking down of Jesus from the cross, considered in the 13th station of the Stations of the Cross, depicted in art as a Pieta.
- The Entombment of Jesus, recalled in the 14th Station of the Way of the Cross.
The pictures in the picture gallery were provided by Mrs. Reni Hahn.