History: This feast is celebrated on August 21st.
Prayer: Father, you have given us the mother of your Son to be
our queen and mother. With the support of her prayers may we come to share
the glory of your children in the kingdom of heaven. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son, who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman
Rite, Catholic Book Publishing Co., New York, (C)1975, Volume IV, p. 1341.