Our Lady of What? Chapter 7

 You may think that you have never heard of Our Lady of Consolation. If you have ever heard a Marian litany in a Catholic church, then you have heard of Mary by the Latin title of Consolatrix Afflictorum. This Latin title translates into English as Consoler of the Afflicted or Comforter of the Afflicted. This title is found in the Litany of Loreto which dates to before 1558. It is sometimes called the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This litany was approved for use by the Church by Pope Sixtus the V in 1587.

The title Our Lady of Consolation is older than the Litany of Loreto. In a convent in Vilvoorde, Belgium, the nuns have a statue of Our Lady of Consolation that dates to the 13th century. In their Flemish language the title is Onze Lieve Vrouw van Troost. Augustinian friars also venerated Mary as Our Lady of Consolation, or Consolatrix Afflictorum, long before the Litany of Loreto. We will go more in depth about the Augustinians and also about Vilvoorde. Now I merely want to show that the title is quite old and that many have heard it in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

Mary is sometimes referred to as Comforter of the Afflicted in the prayers of Vespers (Evening Prayer). 

St. Louis De Montfort wrote the following:

Have you strayed from the path leading to heaven? Then call on Mary, for her name means “Star of the Sea, the North Star which guides the ships of our souls during the voyage of this life,” and she will guide you to the harbor of eternal salvation.

Are you in sorrow? Turn to Mary, for her name means also “Sea of Bitterness which has been filled with sharp pain in this world but which is now turned into a Sea of the Purest Joy in heaven,” and she will turn your sorrow to joy and your afflictions into consolation. - St. Louis De Montfort in The Secret of the Rosary, 20th Rose

https://rosarycenter.org/secret-of-the-rosary

Note in the last line quoted "she will turn your sorrow into joy and your AFFLICTIONS into CONSOLATION." St. Louis De Montfort lived from 1673 to 1716.

St. Louis De Montfort had a great influence on Pope St. John Paul II. 

John Paul II

De Montfort and popes

Cardinal Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M, wrote a book titled The Fairest Flower of Paradise. It is a commentary on the various titles used for Mary in the Litany of Loreto. There is a section on the title Consolatrix Afflictorum. This book, from 1922, is available online for free.