The Church’s prayer today
United States Roman Calendar · Year B → Year C at Advent · Cycle I. Liturgical color: white.
Scripture for the liturgy
Ru 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22/Mt 22:34-40 (423)
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.
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
Hear a saint remembered today
In dangers, in distress, in uncertainty, think of Mary; call upon Mary. Let her never leave your lips or your heart; and to obtain the help of her prayer, do not forsake the example of her life. Following her, you do not go astray; praying to her, you do not despair; thinking of her, you do not err. When she holds you, you do not fall; when she protects you, you do not fear; with her as guide, you do not grow weary; with her favour, you reach your destination.
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.