Memorial Acclamation St. Helen Catholic Church Glory be to the Father….. Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary We proclaim your death, O Lord, and profess Salve Regina Resurrection until you come again. December 8 Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy! Our life, our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve, to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley, of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb Jesus; O clement, O loving, O sweet virgin Mary Communion Antiphon Dismissal Entrance Antiphon Immaculate Mary LOURDES HYMN I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be 1. Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing. joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments You reign now in heaven with Jesus our King. of salvation; and with the robe of righteousness he has covered me, like a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as Refrain a bride adorned with her jewels. Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! Ave, Ave, Maria! 2. In heaven the blessed your glory proclaim; Sign of the Cross On earth we your children invoke your fair name. Greeting 3. We pray for our Mother, the Church upon earth, Penitential Rite And bless, Holy Mary, the land of our birth. Gloria Second Reading: Ephesians 1: 3-6, 11-12 Offertory Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women. Gospel: Luke 1: 26-38 Hail Mary Collect Prayer Liturgy of the Word (red Worship Book # 1065) First Reading: Genesis 3: 9-15, 20 Psalm 98 .