The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Memorial · White
About this day
This memorial honors the heart of the Virgin Mary as a sign of her faith and love. Promoted by Saint John Eudes in the seventeenth century, it was extended to the whole Church by Pope Pius XII in 1944 and falls on the Saturday after the Sacred Heart.
Coming up in the next year
Next: Sat 5 Jun 2027 — Year B · I
- Sat 5 Jun 2027 (optional)
Music
Mass
- Organ Propers, Book 5: Immaculate Heart of Mary to May 26 – St Philip Neri (Organ) [5. May. Propers. SANC. organ] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Immaculate Heart of Mary – Psalm [Im. Heart of Mary. Resp. Ps. 2015] DetailsResponsorial Psalm
- Saints of Thanksgiving Day to Dec 14 – St John of the Cross – Propers (English & Latin) [Propers. III. SANC full. 06.04.20] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
From the Missal
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “My heart will rejoice in your…” Ps 12: 6
- Communion — Roman Missal “Mary treasured all these words, reflecting…” Lk 2: 19
- Introit — Simple English Propers “Iwill greatly rejoice in the Lord…” Is 61: 10
- Offertory — Simple English Propers “HAil Mary, full of grace, the…” Lk 1: 28
- Communion — Simple English Propers “GLorious things have been proclaimed concerning…” Ps 87(86): 3 ; Lk 1: 49