The Church’s prayer today
United States Roman Calendar · Year B → Year C at Advent · Cycle I. Liturgical color: white or violet.
Scripture for the liturgy
Heb 8:6-13/Mk 3:13-19 (315) Day of Prayer options: Lectionary 947A-947E or 887-891.
These references follow the annual calendar, including permitted reading choices. Optional memorials ordinarily retain the weekday readings. Daily reading pages for this future year may not yet be published. Use these references with the USCCB Bible, or open the annual calendar.
The United States observes a Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children; this observance is not a saint’s memorial. White or violet vestments may be used.
Accompany Jesus and Mary under the Cross
And shall it not move us to compassion to see Mary going after her immaculate Lamb who is led to death? Let us then compassionate her, and let us strive to accompany her son and her too, by bearing with patience the cross which the Lord gives us.
St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary · The Fourth Sorrow · 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
Accompany Jesus and Mary by bearing patiently the cross the Lord gives you.
Make an offeringCalendar 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.