Entrance Antiphon, Cf. Lk 2:34-35: Simeon said to Mary: Behold, this child is destined for the ruin and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign of contradiction; and your own soul a sword will pierce. Gospel Verse: Blessed are you, O Blessed Virgin Mary; without dying you won the martyr’s crown beside the cross of the Lord. Preface I of the Blessed Virgin Mary:It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,always and everywhere to give you thanks,Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,and to praise, bless, and glorify your nameon the feast day of the Blessed ever-Virgin Mary.