The Church’s prayer today
United States Roman Calendar · Year B → Year C at Advent · Cycle I. Liturgical color: green.
Scripture for the liturgy
Sir 5:1-8/Mk 9:41-50 (344)
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
- Saint Bernardine of Siena, PriestOptional Memorial · white
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
Hear a saint remembered today
Secondly, the star of the sea guides sailors in danger. By it sailors know where they are sailing, whether north or south, west or east, because it is situated in the north. In the same way, through Mary all dangers and perils are avoided.
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.