Editor’s note: this post combines the Roman Office of the Octave of the Immaculate Conception with the American office of the feast. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. ℟. Amen. Reading 4 From the Dogmatic Bull of Pope Pius IX. The language used in public worship is the necessary offspring of the teaching which it…
