Day 17: Wednesday

Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Enjoy this photo of Mary in the Grotto and a prayer.

Loving Mother of the Redeemer

Alma redemptoris mater

The portal to heaven, star of the sea, assist your people who have fallen yet strive to rise again.

Quae pervia caeli porta manes et stella maris Succurre cadenti surgere qui curat populo

You who bore your Creator to the wonderment of nature, yet remained a virgin as before.

Tu quae genuisti natura mirante Tuum sanctum genitorem Virgo prius ac posterius

You who received Gabriel’s joyful greeting have pity on us poor sinners.

Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud ave Peccatorum miserere

Amen