The Church’s prayer today
United States Roman Calendar · Year C → Year A at Advent · Cycle II. Liturgical color: white.
Scripture for the liturgy
Acts 13:44-52/Jn14:7-14 (284)
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
- Our Lady of FatimaOptional Memorial · white
Enter the Marian mystery
Our Lady of Fatima
Answer Our Lady of Fatima’s request for the daily Rosary with the perseverance taught by Saint Louis de Montfort.
Read the teaching, meditation, and prayer →Contemplate with Mary
Persevere, therefore, my dear confrere of the Rosary, in asking God through the holy Rosary for all your spiritual and bodily needs, and particularly for the divine Wisdom which is an infinite treasure: Thesaurus est infinitus [The treasure is infinite] (Wis 7:14), and you shall obtain it without fail, sooner or later, provided that you do not abandon it and do not lose courage in the midst of your course.
Saint Louis de Montfort, The Secret of the Rosary, Forty-eighth Rose (excerpt)
Make this prayer your own
AH my blessed Mother, not one sword only then, but as many swords as have been my sins have I added to your Heart. Ah Lady, no — not to you, who are innocent, but to me, guilty of so many crimes, are the punishments due. But since you have willed to suffer so much for me, ah, by your merits obtain for me a great sorrow for my sins, and patience in bearing the troubles of this life, which will always be light compared with what I deserve, since so many times I have deserved Hell. Amen.
St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary · The First Sorrow, prayerOne faithful act
Pray five decades for the conversion of sinners and for peace.
Pray the RosaryCalendar 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.