Feast of the Nativity of Mary

Entrance Antiphon: Let us celebrate with joy the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for from her arose the sun of justice, Christ our God.

  



I praise you, O sacred virgin,
 for your holy nativity,
 which for the entire Christian world
 was a birth of joy,
 the hope and solace of its life.
 When you were born,
 then the world was made light!
 Have mercy upon me a sinner,
 and give me aid, O lady,
 so that just as your nativity
 announced joy to the entire world,
 so may it fill me with true joy
 and cleanse me from every sin.
 Pray for me, O virgin most prudent,
 that the joys of your nativity
 may put a cloak over all my sins.
Amen

- St. Ambrose of Milan