February 16, 2020
Mother of our Redeemer,
in this era dedicated to you,
with great joy we call you blessed.
You believed in the Word of God the father
and declared yourself His handmaid,
and so, through you,
the Word became flesh,
and dwelt among us.
We salute you as Mother, our Mother,
the Mother of the Church.
With what great love you must have watched over the infant Church
and what motherly solicitude encouraged the apostles
as they committed themselves to carry on the work
of Your Divine Son on earth.
Make the Church ever to be the sign and instrument
of intimate union with God.
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.