The Church’s prayer today
United States Roman Calendar · Year A → Year B at Advent · Cycle II. Liturgical color: white.
Scripture for the liturgy
Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17/Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39-40 or, in Year B, Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3/Heb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19/Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39-40 (17)
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.
Enter the Marian mystery
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
Saint Louis de Montfort contemplates Jesus’ obedience to His Mother; Saint Alphonsus entrusts the household to her care.
Read the teaching, meditation, and prayer →Contemplate with Mary
BLESSED and immaculate Virgin, our Queen and mother, refuge and consolation of all the wretched: I, prostrate before your Throne with all my family, choose you for my Lady, mother, and advocate with God. I with all mine dedicate myself for ever to your service; and I beg you, O mother of God, to place us in the number of your servants, taking us all under your protection, succouring us in life, and still more at the time of our death.
Saint Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary, Part II, Dedication of the family to Mary (excerpt)
Make this prayer your own
O mother of mercy, you are full of charity towards all; do not forget my miseries. You already see them. Commend me to that God who denies you nothing. Obtain for me the grace to be able to imitate you in holy charity, both towards God and towards my neighbour. Amen.
St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary · On the Charity of Mary towards Our NeighbourOne faithful act
Pray the Joyful Mysteries for your family or household.
Pray for your householdCalendar 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.