Theotokos Prayer Group - Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God, 1st January 2026 - Happy New Year!

 

Mary, The Holy Mother of God, Theotokos, 

Pray for us

Happy New Year to you all!

Gospel:    Luke 2:16-21

They found Mary and Joseph, and the baby.
And at the end of eight days, he was called Jesus.

At that time: The shepherds went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
  And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

God our Father,
since you gave mankind a saviour through Blessed Mary, virgin and mother,
grant that we may feel the power of her intercession,
when she pleads for us with Jesus Christ, your Son, the author of life,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.