The Sorrowful Mysteries tell what happened to Jesus when some people decided to put him to death on a Cross. He had not done anything wrong. In fact, he was always good to people, especially people who were sick or poor. On that day, which is called Good Friday, Jesus was sentenced and put to death. We call Good Friday "good" because God is always good to us no matter how bad things are.
Through everything He went through for us, Jesus knew God was with Him. What happened to Jesus makes us sad, but it reminds us that God is with us, even when bad things happen to us.
In The First Sorrowful Mystery we journey into to the Garden of Gethsemani in Jerusalem. There Jesus prayed for God's help because He knew what was going to happen to Him.
The Second Sorrowful Mystery takes us to the place where the soldiers beat Jesus with whips.
After beating Him, the soldiers put a crown of thorns on His head and made fun of Him. This is the Third Sorrowful Mystery.
Jesus was made to carry a heavy cross on His back to Calvary, the Fourth Sorrowful Mystery.
Finally, Jesus dies on the Cross, which is the Fifth Sorrowful Mystery.
We all know what it is like to be afraid. Someone has hurt us and made fun of us. Have you ever been hurt by someone, or made fun of? Perhaps it looked like people didn't care what happened to you at all. Have you ever had to do something very hard or painful? Maybe you were very sick, and it seemed like you were going to be sick forever?
Jesus felt all these and more when He was condemned to death and Crucified. Through these Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, Jesus tells us not to give up, even when things are very bad. God will help us through, God will give us the strength to go on.
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