Immaculate Virgin Mary

"Father,

you prepared the Virgin Mary

to be the worthy mother of your Son.

You let her share beforehand

in the salvation Christ

would bring by his death,

and kept her sinless

from the first moment of her conception.

Help us by her prayers

to live in your presence without sin.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns

with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God for ever and ever. Amen."

 

Detail from the west window of Ampleforth Abbey. Today, 8 December, is the feast of the Immaculate Conception.

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