The Church’s prayer today
United States Roman Calendar · Year B → Year C at Advent · Cycle I. Liturgical color: white.
Scripture for the liturgy
Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2/1 Cor 15:54b-57/Lk 11:27-28 (621) Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/1 Cor 15:20-27/Lk 1:39-56 (622)
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 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Rejoice with Saint Alphonsus in Mary’s heavenly glory and in the maternal love with which she continues to help us.
Read the teaching, meditation, and prayer →Contemplate with Mary
We rejoice in the immense glory with which the Lord has enriched you. Now that you already sit as Queen of Heaven and of Earth, ah, do not forget us your poor servants.
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
Pray the fourth Glorious Mystery in honor of Mary’s Assumption.
Pray the AssumptionCalendar 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.
Sources for this teaching
- USCCB 2027 liturgical calendar · page 38
- Saint Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary, Part II, Discourse VIII, On the Assumption of Mary (excerpt)
- Saint Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary, Part II, Discourse VIII, On the Assumption of Mary (excerpt)
- Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus, §44 (dogmatic definition)