The Most Holy Name of Mary

Send us Fan MailFriday, 12 September 2025The Most Holy Name of Mary Antiphons and Readings on p 1744 of the Daily Missal First Reading: Galatians 4:4-7Brothers and sisters:  When the time had fully come,  God sent forth his Son,  born of woman,  born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law,  so that we might receive adoption as sons.  And because you are sons,  God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying,  “Abba! Father!”  So through God you are no longer a slave but a son,  and if a son then an heir.Responsorial psalm: Luke 1:46-47.48-49.50-51.52-53.54-55 (R. 49)R./  He who is mighty has done great things for me,  and holy is his name.My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour.For he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden.  For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed;  for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.And his mercy is on those who fear him  from generation to generation. He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.He has put down the mighty from their thrones,  and exalted those of low degree;  he has filled the hungry with good things,  and the rich he has sent empty away.He has helped his servant Israel,  in remembrance of his mercy, as he spoke to our fathers,  to Abraham and to his posterity for ever.  R./  He who is mighty has done great things for me,  and holy is his name. Gospel: Luke 1:39-47In those days Mary arose  and went with haste into the hill country,  to a city of Judah,  and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.  And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary,  the child leaped in her womb;  and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit  and she exclaimed with a loud cry,  “Blessed are you among women,  and blessed is the fruit of your womb!  And why is this granted me,  that the mother of my Lord should come to me?  For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears,  the child in my womb leaped for joy.  And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”  And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour.”