The Church’s prayer today
United States Roman Calendar · Year A → Year B at Advent · Cycle II. Liturgical color: violet.
Scripture for the liturgy
Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a/Lk 1:39-45 (197)
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.
The seasonal Mass remains primary. A saint’s Collect may be used as permitted by GIRM 355(a).
Permitted observances today
- Saint Peter Canisius, Priest and Doctor of the ChurchCommemorationSeasonal commemoration: the saint’s Collect may be used; the seasonal day retains precedence.
On the patience of Mary
The single act of assistance which Mary gave to the dying Jesus on Calvary was enough to make known how constant and how sublime her patience was: Stabat juxta Crucem Jesu mater ejus — There stood by the Cross of Jesus his mother.
St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary · On the Patience of Mary · excerpt
Make this prayer your own
Ah my most sweet Lady, you who were innocent suffered with such patience, and shall I, who deserve Hell, refuse to suffer? My Mother, this grace I ask of you today: not indeed to be delivered from crosses, but to bear them with patience. For the love of Jesus I beg you to obtain me this grace from God without fail; from you I hope for it.
St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary · On the Patience of MaryOne faithful act
Imitate Mary’s patience in the crosses you must bear.
Offer your cross with MaryCalendar 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.