Prayer on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Father,

The image of the Virgin is found in your Church.

Mary had a faith that your Spirit prepared and a love that

never knew sin,

for you kept her sinless from the first moment of

her conception.

Trace in our actions the lines of her love,

in our hearts her readiness of faith.

Prepare once again a world for your Son who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.