In Catholicism, in fact, tradition has given us four groups of ‘mysteries’ that refer to events in the life of Christ, and in the life of his mother, Mary, upon which any person who is reciting the Rosary is encouraged to meditate, or dwell, as they make their way through that prayer. One of these groups of mysteries is called the ‘Sorrowful Mysteries’. (The other three are the ‘Joyful,’ the ‘Glorious,’ and the ‘Luminous’).