In 2018, Pope Francis decreed that the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, be celebrated on the Monday after Pentecost and to be celebrated every year. O Mary, Mother of Christ, and Mother of the Church, pray for us that we might be made worthy of the promises of your Son!
Let us pray:
O Mary, conceived without sin, we who are gathered here today place ourselves under your special protection. We resolve to walk in your footsteps and to imitate your virtues. Obtain for us, O tender Mother, the grace of being faithful to this promise. We ask you, o Mother to continually guide and strengthen the Holy Father aright in all his dealings, that he may lead and pastor the Church in accordance with the Will of God. We also pray for all other Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and the lay faithful, that by constantly trusting in your maternal care and persevering in the faith, we may come to be united with the Triumphant Church (the heavenly Jerusalem) at the last day. Amen.
Oh Mother of the Church, pray for us that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.