Stabat Mater dolorosa
Iuxta crucem lacrimosa
Dum pendebat filius.
In sorrow a mother stood
By the cross and wept
While her son hung there.
Image: Crucifixion, part of a series depicting the stations of the Cross. Chapel Nosso Senhor dos Passos, Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Porto Alegre, Brazil. Oil on canvas, 19th century, unknown artist.
Music: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) Stabat Mater (1736)