The Feast of the Annunciation - Including a Pro-Life Novena

Picture from the Gefroh Family Collection of Rosary pictures.

Because this solemnity falls on a Sunday, it will be celebrated on Monday March 26th.

The following is from St. Michael Center for the Blessed Virgin Mary
H/T to Mary Ann S for the Novena.

Annunciation Prayer

O Holy Mary, Queen of Virgins, through the mystery of the Incarnation
of your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, by which our salvation was so happily begun, obtain for us light to understandthe benefit He has bestowed on us vouchsafing to become our brother, and in giving us you, His own most beloved Mother, to be our Mother also. Amen.

The Angelus

The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
And she conceived of the Holy Ghost.
Hail Mary, ...

Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
Be it done unto me according to Thy word.
Hail Mary, ...

And the Word was made Flesh.
And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary, ...

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ

Please join St. Stephens Respect Life Committee in praying a
Novena for Preborn Babies
beginning on Sunday, March 25th, the traditional Feast of the Annunciation, and
ending nine days later, on Monday, April 2nd.

The Prayer asking Our Lady of Guadalupe's intercession in protecting the preborn babies is attached. Please say it March 25th through April 2nd.

There is also a wealth of information AND an invitation to add names of preborn babies and their mothers to the American Life League's prayer intentions on their site… American Life League . Scroll down to the link
"Pray for preborn babies on Feast of the Annunciation."

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of Life

O Mary,
Bright dawn of the new world,
Mother of the living,
To you do we entrust the cause of life:
Look down, O Mother,
Upon the vast numbers
Of babies not allowed to be born,
Of the poor whose lives are made difficult,
Of men and women
Who are victims of brutal violence,
Of the elderly and the sick killed
By indifference or out of misguided mercy.
Grant that all who believe in your Son
May proclaim the Gospel of life
With honesty and love
To the people of our time.
Obtain for them the grace
To accept that Gospel
As a gift ever new,
The joy of celebrating it with gratitude
Throughout their lives
And the courage to bear witness to it
Resolutely, in order to build,
Together with all people of good will,
The civilization of truth and love,
To the praise and glory of God,
The Creator and lover of life.
Amen.