Saturday — Our Lady
*Maria die suo.* The day of Mary's faith, when only she kept it. The day to entrust the coming week into her hands.
Between Good Friday and Easter, the faith of the whole Church was held by one heart. On that Holy Saturday she stood — knowing the promise, holding the apostles in her silence. The tradition gave her every Saturday for this. In the Missale Romanum of St. Pius V there is a votive Mass of Our Lady for every Saturday on which no higher feast falls; the Officium parvum BMV has been prayed on Saturdays for a thousand years. Saturday is the day to entrust the coming Sunday — and the week beyond it — into her hands.
Today
A nine-minute Saturday guide — the most ancient Marian prayer, a reading on the Theotokos, the Three Hail Marys, the Marian antiphon for the season, the Memorare, and a closing entrustment.
Go Deeper
For a longer Saturday — the Rosary (Joyful or Glorious mysteries traditionally), the Litany of Loreto, the Little Office, and Montfort's total consecration.