Readings: Is 7:10‑14 / Lk 1:26‑38

Missionary Cenacle Intentions: We dedicate Saturdays to Mary, Queen of the Missionary Cenacle. Today we pray:

For the spread of devotion to Mary, the mother of Jesus, we pray.

For the homeless, especially refugees and migrants, we pray.

For those in charge of formation in the Missionary Cenacle, we pray.

For the members of the Missionary Cenacle Apostolate of Santa María de la Asunción, Elizabeth, NJ, we pray.

For the members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially our sick, we pray.

For the deceased members of the Missionary Cenacle, especially Sr. Regina Celeste McManus, MSBT, 1989; Sr. Maureen Francis Connolly, MSBT, 1996; Sr. Grace Mary McGuire MSBT, 2006, we pray.

Reading: We are in the heart of the Christmas Novena. Gathering up the affections, sentiments and prayers of the preparation, remote and proximate, for the great Feast of the Nativity of our dear Infant King and Saviour, it is timely and pertinent then to ask our soul, "What have you done for Jesus this past year?" "What will you do for Him this coming year?" (MCM, p. 22)