Week 23 of Ordinary Time

Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

About today

Nine months after the Immaculate Conception the Church keeps Mary’s birthday on 8 September. The Gospels do not narrate her infancy; the feast simply rejoices that the Mother of the Lord was born among us. Salvation has a human beginning in a child of Israel, born like us so that the Word might have a Mother. The feast is a birthday of hope. Ask today for gratitude that God works through families and hidden years, and for a welcome like hers when the Word draws near.

Original – Prayer on Fire.

Scripture

Office of Readings

Isaiah 7:10–14

The Lord spoke further to Ahaz, saying: Ask for a sign for yourself from the Lord your God, from the depths below, even to the heights above. And Ahaz said, “I will not ask, for I will not tempt the Lord.” And he said: “Then listen, O house of David. Is it such a small thing for you to trouble men, that you must also trouble my God? For this reason, the Lord himself will grant to you a sign. Behold, a virgin will conceive, and she will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.

Text: Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV) · Office of Readings

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