Immaculate Conception

Monday 8 December 2008

IN CONCEPTIONE IMMACULATA B. MARIÆ VIRGINIS
The Immaculate Conception of the Bl. Virgin Mary
1st Class, White
Gloria; Credo;
Preface of the Bl. Virgin Mary (et te in Conceptione immaculata)
Commem. of Feria at all Masses

Oremus.

Deus, qui per immaculátam Vírginis Conceptiónem dignum Fílio tuo habitáculum præparásti : quæsumus ; ut qui ex morte ejúsdem Fílii tui prævísa, eam ab omni labe præservásti, nos quoque mundos ejus intercessióne ad te perveníre concédas. Per eúmdem Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, who in the foreknowledge of thy Son's most precious death didst consecrate for him a dwelling-place by the immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin : mercifully grant that she who was preserved from all defilement ; may evermore pray for us until we attain unto thee in purity of heart.

Through the same.

The entirety of Dom Prosper Guéranger's commentary on this feast is available in English here, courtesy of CatholicCulture.org.

Links:

• Goffine, The Church's Year, Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M.
• Guéranger, The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  
• Guéranger, L'Année Liturgique, "Immaculée Conception T.S. Vierge"
• Gregorian Chant Propers