The Church’s prayer today
United States Roman Calendar · Year A → Year B at Advent · Cycle II. Liturgical color: white.
Scripture for the liturgy
1 Jn 2:18-21/Jn 1:1-18 (204)
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 Sylvester I, PopeCommemorationSeasonal commemoration: the saint’s Collect may be used; the seasonal day retains precedence.
On the faith of Mary
But how are we to imitate this Faith of Mary? Faith is at once a gift and a virtue. It is a gift of God, inasmuch as it is a light which God infuses into the soul; and then a virtue, as regards the exercise which the soul makes of it. Whence Faith has to serve us not only as a rule of believing, but also of acting.
St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary · On the Faith of Mary · excerpt
Make this prayer your own
Grace of the Resurrection, descend into my soul and make it truly faithful.
St. Louis de Montfort · The Secret of the Rosary · First Method, eleventh decadeOne faithful act
Let faith govern your actions as well as your beliefs.
Pray a decade 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.