Friday 1 January

SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD

Day of Prayer for World Peace

Numbers 6:22-27; Ps 67; Gal 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21

Our Mother too

The baby is named Jesus, which means Saviour, because this baby will save his people from their sins. We rejoice that Mary is the Mother of our Saviour God, and that on the cross God gave us his Mother as our Mother too. We place the New Year under her protection, confident that the Lord’s face will shine on us, and bring us peace.