Collect · Sep 8, 2026 · Our Solitary Boast, WDTPRS
8 September – Feast of the Nativity of Mary and a “flash of anamnesis”
Vetus OrdoNativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Sep 8, 2027, Sep 8, 2028
Fámulis tuis, quaesumus, Dómine, cœléstis grátiæ munus impertíre: ut, quibus beátæ Vírginis partus éxstitit salútis exórdium; Nativitátis eius votíva sollémnitas pacis tríbuat increméntum.The Nativity of Mary, which we celebrate on 8 September is older than the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, which was precisely nine months ago. Stop for a moment. Consider what our eternal prospects were before the birth not only of Our Lord, but also before the birth of His Mother, from whom He took our human nature, the Blessed…