There are different ways of praying the Stations of the Cross. Different stations to follow, too. There's one way that says that Mary followed Jesus as He went to Cavalry. The Stations follow Mary's Walk. They are also called the Seven Sorrows of Mary.
Since the sorrows of Our Lady are caused by the rejection of her Son, the Via Matris constantly and necessarily refers to the mystery of Christ as the suffering servant. It also refers to the mystery of the Church: the stations of the Via Matris are stages on the journey of faith and sorrow on which the Virgin Mary has preceded the Church, and in which the Church journeys until the end of time.
The highest expression of the Via Matris is the Pietà which has been an inexhaustible source of inspiration for Christian art since the middles ages. (Directory of Popular Piety and Liturgy)
First Sorrow: The Prophecy of Simeon
Second Sorrow: The Flight Into Egypt
Third Sorrow: The Loss of Jesus in the Temple
Forth Sorrow: The Journey to Calvary and the Crucifixion
Fifth Sorrow: The Agony and Death of Jesus
Sixth Sorrow: Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross
Seventh Sorrow: The Burial of Jesus
Credit for this information goes to The Via Matris Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows
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