The Church’s prayer today
United States Roman Calendar · Year B → Year C at Advent · Cycle I. Liturgical color: white.
Scripture for the liturgy
Acts 20:28-38/Jn 17:11b-19 (299)
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.
Permitted observances today
- Saints Nereus and Achilleus, MartyrsOptional Memorial · red
- Saint Pancras, MartyrOptional Memorial · red
Give yourself entirely to Jesus through Mary
This devotion consists, then, in giving oneself entirely to the Most Blessed Virgin, in order to be entirely Jesus Christ’s through her. We must give her: 1. our body with all its senses and its members; 2. our soul with all its powers; 3. our exterior goods, which are called goods of fortune, present and to come; 4. our interior and spiritual goods, which are our merits, our virtues, and our good works, past, present, and future: in two words, all that we have in the order of nature and in the order of grace, and all that we may have in the future in the order of nature, of grace, or of glory; and this without any reserve, not even of a penny, a hair, or the least good action; and this for all eternity; and this without claiming or hoping for any other reward for one’s offering and one’s service than the honor of belonging to Jesus Christ through her and in her, even if this lovable Mistress were not, as she always is, the most liberal and the most grateful of creatures.
Make this prayer your own
Behold, O Mary, today I present myself to You, and offer myself wholly to your service, and for the little or much that remains to me to live on this earth; and together with You I renounce all Creatures, and dedicate myself entirely to the Love of my Creator. I consecrate to you then, O Queen, my mind, that it may think always of the Love which You deserve; my tongue, to praise you; my heart, to love you.
St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary · Presentation of Mary, prayer (excerpt)One faithful act
Read Montfort’s account of the complete gift of yourself, and follow his preparation for consecration.
Begin the preparationCalendar 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.