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Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today the Church keeps a memorial of holy witnesses to Christ. Remembering the saints gives thanks for His grace at work in human lives and asks their intercession for our own fidelity. Hear the Word of God, offer the duties of your vocation, and ask Mary to form in you the generous love that bears fruit in holiness.

Keep this day with Mary

The Church’s prayer today

United States Roman Calendar · Year C → Year A at Advent · Cycle II. Liturgical color: white.

Scripture for the liturgy

Jer 1:1, 4-10/Mt 13:1-9 (397)

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.

Renew the same consecration

Fidelity · Read with the saints

Every year at least, on the same day, they shall renew the same consecration, observing the same practices for three weeks. They may even, every month and every day, renew all that they have done, in these few words: Tuus totus ego sum, et omnia mea tua sunt: I am all yours, and all that I have belongs to you, O my lovable Jesus, through Mary, your holy Mother.

St. Louis de Montfort · True Devotion §233 · excerpt

Make this prayer your own

I am all yours, and all that I have belongs to you, O my lovable Jesus, through Mary, your holy Mother.

St. Louis de Montfort · True Devotion to Mary §233

One faithful act

If you have made Montfort’s consecration, renew it with the words he gives.

Renew your consecration
Calendar 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