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Introduction INTRODUCTION The Knights of Columbus Immaculate Conception Marian Prayer Program honors the central place the Blessed Virgin Mary holds in the life of our Order and the historic devotion that has been afforded to the Immaculate Conception by the Church in North America. The first cathedral in the New World north of Mexico was named for the Immaculate Conception, and the bishops of the United States named Mary under her title of the Immaculate Conception as the patroness of the nation. The image used for this prayer program is a reproduction of a painting of Mary as the Immaculate Conception that hangs above the main altar of the Basilica-Cathedral of Notre- Dame de Québec. It was painted in 1925 by Sister Mary of the Eucharist, a Sister of Charity of Québec, to replace the 18th-century painting destroyed during a fire at the cathedral in 1922. In 1664, Bishop François de Laval designated the cathedral as the first parish church of Québec and named it Notre-Dame de l’Immaculèe Conception (Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception). At the time, the Diocese of Québec encompassed all the North American possessions of France, from the Atlantic Coast in Canada to the plains of the far West, plus the Mississippi Valley and Louisiana territories — an area far larger than all of Europe. The cathedral celebrates its 350th anniversary in 2014. A jubilee year will run from Dec. 8, 2013, to Dec. 28, 2014, to mark the cathedral’s historic status as the first parish and first cathedral of Canada, and its role as the mother church to all parishes in Canada and the United States. A newly constructed Holy Door, made possible by a gift from the Knights of Columbus, will be open for pilgrims to enter during the jubilee celebrations. The inauguration ceremony of the Immaculate Conception Marian Prayer Program was conducted Aug. 7, 2013, during the 131st Supreme Convention in San Antonio, Texas. It was presided over by Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, the premier See of the United States, with remarks by Québec Archbishop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X., Primate of Canada. At the inauguration ceremony, Archbishop Lacroix addressed all those assembled, “May Our Lady accompany our Church and all the members of our Order all over the world. Like her, we want to be open to the Holy Spirit and available to accomplish God’s plan in today’s world. And following Our Lady’s example, we want to leave with haste as she did, to share the Good News of the Gospel to a world that needs the hope and the truth and the love of Jesus Christ.” Also taking part in the ceremony were state deputies from throughout the Order, who each processed with a framed reproduction of the painting. The images were blessed by Pope Francis on June 29, 2013, the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, through auspices of the Almoner of His Holiness, Archbishop Guido Pozzo. Under the guidance of the state deputies, these framed images will be brought on a pilgrimage from council to council throughout each jurisdiction as part of the Orderwide prayer program. This is the 16th prayer program of the Knights of Columbus to use a sacred image as its centerpiece. The first such program was held in 1979 with images of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas. In preparation for the 1982 centennial of the Order, the second prayer program was launched, which also highlighted the Immaculate Conception. Over the years, the Blessed Mother has also been honored by her Knights under her various titles, including: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of Czestochowa, Our Lady of Pochaiv, Our Lady of the Assumption, Our Lady of the New Advent, Our Lady of the Rosary and Our Lady of Charity. Images of the Holy Family and Divine Mercy have also be featured. These Orderwide prayer programs have brought together more than 16 million people at some 140,000 prayer services conducted at local councils and parishes. PRAYER SERVICE Please stand. During the Opening Hymn, the blessed image of the Immaculate Conception may be carried in procession and put in a place of honor. Opening Hymn Immaculate Mary 1 Greeting Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. Leader: As we gather under the protection of Mary, recalling her as the Immaculate Conception, let us beseech God to enter our hearts as we seek to live out her message of love and fidelity. Opening Prayer Leader: Let us pray. O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin prepared a worthy dwelling for your Son, grant, we pray, that, as you preserved her from every stain by virtue of the death of your Son, which you foresaw, so, through her intercession, we, too, may be cleansed and admitted to your presence. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. All: Amen. Please be seated. 2 LITURGY OF THE WORD First Reading Revelation 12:1-6a; 10ab A reading from the Book of Revelation A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadems. Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and his throne. The woman herself fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have salvation and power come, and the Kingdom of our God and the authority of his Anointed One.” The Word of the Lord. R/ Thanks be to God. 3 Responsorial Psalm Psalm 45:10, 11, 12, 16 R/ The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. The queen takes her place at your right hand in gold of Ophir. R/ Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear, forget your people and your father’s house. R/ So shall the king desire your beauty; for he is your lord. R/ They are borne in with gladness and joy; they enter the palace of the king. R/ Second Reading 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians Brothers and sisters: Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through man, the resurrection of the dead came also through man. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ; then comes the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death, for “he subjected everything under his feet.” The Word of the Lord. R/ Thanks be to God. 4 Please stand. Gospel Luke 1:39-56 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke R/ Glory to you, O Lord. Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” And Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, and has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel for he has remembered his promise of mercy, the promise he made to our fathers, to Abraham and his children forever.” Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home. The Gospel of the Lord. R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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