The Church’s prayer today
United States Roman Calendar · Year B → Year C at Advent · Cycle I. Liturgical color: white.
Scripture for the liturgy
Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16/Lk 1:39-56 (572)
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.
Enter the Marian mystery
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint Alphonsus presents the Visitation as an outpouring of grace through Mary, who carries the Savior.
Read the teaching, meditation, and prayer →Contemplate with Mary
But if we also desire the happy visits of this Queen of heaven, it will help much that we too should often visit her in some Image of hers, or in some Church dedicated to her.
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 second Joyful Mystery, asking for charity toward your neighbor.
Pray the VisitationCalendar 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.