Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Greater Double · White
Kept on November 21
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast; texts marked Common are from the Common of Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As said on Saturday, November 21, 2026.
At I Vespers · Magnificat
O ever blessed Mother of God, * Mary ever Virgin, temple of the Godhead, hallowed shrine of the Holy Spirit: thou only, above all others, wast acceptable to our Lord Jesus Christ, alleluia.
Versicle at Vespers Common
℣.Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, O holy Virgin.
℟.Give me strength against thine enemies.
At Lauds · Benedictus Common
Blessed art thou, * O Mary, for thou hast believed: and there shall be a performance in thee of those things which were told thee from the Lord, alleluia.
Versicle at Lauds Common
℣.Full of grace are thy lips.
℟.Because God hath blessed thee for ever.
At II Vespers · Antiphon
O ever blessed Mother of God, * Mary ever Virgin, temple of the Godhead, hallowed shrine of the Holy Spirit: thou only, above all others, wast acceptable to our Lord Jesus Christ, alleluia.
Collect
O God, who didst will that blessed Mary, ever Virgin, the tabernacle of the Holy Ghost, should as on this day be presented in the temple: grant, we beseech thee, at her intercession, that we may be counted worthy to be presented in the dwelling-place of thy glory. Through thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee in the unity of the same Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth God, world without end.
℟.Amen.
The whole office: the hours of Saturday, November 21, 2026