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Saturday, December 12, 2026

Feast · Our Lady of Guadalupe

Evening Prayer for Saturday, December 12, 2026. You can scroll the whole Hour, or use Prayer space. Light is shorter.

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About today

In 1531, at Tepeyac, the Virgin appeared to Saint Juan Diego and left her image on his tilma. Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, is honored on 12 December as Mother who speaks to the small and gathers a people. The feast in Advent is a sign that the Incarnation is already leaning toward the poor. Ask today for a Church of the Americas that hears the lowly, and for a Mother who still arranges roses in winter.

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Our Lady of Guadalupe — Choose how you want to pray this hour:

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening

God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.

Psalm I

Antiphon

Mother of the Americas, gather the lowly under your mantle of care.

Psalm 115 (114):1–2; 116 (115):5–6

Catholic Public Domain Version (public domain)

Psalm

I have loved: therefore, the Lord will heed the voice of my prayer. For he has inclined his ear to me. And in my days, I will call upon him. The Lord is merciful and just, and our God shows compassion. The Lord is the keeper of little ones. I was humbled, and he freed me.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Antiphon

Mother of the Americas, gather the lowly under your mantle of care.

Magnificat

Antiphon

Holy is his name; we lay down the day’s greatness at his feet.

Luke 1:46–55

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Canticle

And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord. And my spirit leaps for joy in God my Savior. For he has looked with favor on the humility of his handmaid. For behold, from this time, all generations shall call me blessed. For he who is great has done great things for me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is from generation to generations for those who fear him. He has accomplished powerful deeds with his arm. He has scattered the arrogant in the intentions of their heart. He has deposed the powerful from their seat, and he has exalted the humble. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has taken up his servant Israel, mindful of his mercy, just as he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Antiphon

Holy is his name; we lay down the day’s greatness at his feet.

Intentions

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Shared by the community

For Mary and Dewey as they prepare for their upcoming wedding, may the Holy Spirit be with them and help grow their love for one another through Holy Matrimony.

R. Lord, hear our prayer.

For the poor and the forgotten, that Christ’s friends may serve them with joy.

R. Lord, hear our prayer.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Closing prayer

God our Father, you give the Church this day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Let the grace of this Hour stay with us in work and rest. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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