The Church’s prayer today
United States Roman Calendar · Year A → Year B at Advent · Cycle II. Liturgical color: white.
Scripture for the liturgy
Is 60:1-6/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12 (20)
These references follow the annual calendar, including permitted reading choices. Optional memorials ordinarily retain the weekday readings. The linked daily readings also include the responsorial psalm.
On the chastity of Mary
Three are the means, as the Masters of the spiritual life say with Bellarmine: Jejunium, periculorum evitatio, & oratio — Fasting, the avoiding of dangers, and prayer. By fasting is understood mortification, especially of the eyes and of the palate.
St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary · On the Chastity of Mary · excerpt
Make this prayer your own
I take you for my all. Give me your heart, O Mary!
St. Louis de Montfort · True Devotion to Mary §266One faithful act
Follow the means St. Alphonsus names: mortification, avoiding occasions of sin, and prayer.
Prepare for ConfessionCalendar scope and local observance
Dates, ranks, and reading references follow the official calendar for the dioceses of the United States, with Ascension on Sunday. Diocesan, parish, patronal, and religious-family calendars may differ. Consult your parish for Mass schedules and obligations. The Marian meditation is a devotional aid accompanying the day.