Meditations on the Stabat Mater by Father Armand de Malleray FSSP ( Catholic Truth Society 2022: £3.95). For over eight centuries Christians have sung the Stabat Mater Dolorosa-The Sorrowful Mother was standing , the traditional Lenten meditational hymn composed by the Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi (1230-1306), in between the Stations of the Way of the Cross as Jesus made his way to Golgotha to die for the salvation of the world. This inspiring commentary and meditation of each verse of the perennially popular hymn will help followers of Christ to walk with confidence beside the Saviour of the World.