Detail: Diego Velázquez, Christ Crucified (1632)
The Sorrowful Mysteries are traditionally prayed on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The Sorrowful Mysteries walk with Jesus through the last hours of his earthly life — from the garden of Gethsemane to the Cross. They are not asked to be morbid; they are asked to be honest. The Christian faith does not flinch from suffering, because at its center stands a God who entered it.