The Birth of Mary

• The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the day on which we celebrate Mary’s birthday.
• It is celebrated each year on September 8th. It is celebrated on this date as it is exactly nine months from the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
• Christians from the Orthodox church celebrate it on January 7th.

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Feast Day

• The celebration of Mary’s birthday makes her feast day different to that of the feast days for other saints. Normally, we celebrate their feast days on the day they died. However, we celebrate Mary’s on the day she was born.

Importance

• The birthday of Our Lady is an important feast day as we celebrate the joy she was to bring to the world by giving birth to Jesus, the Son of God.

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• By celebrating Mary’s birthday, we are also honouring Jesus and the precious gift of life.

A Prayer for this �Feast Day Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace

The Lord is with you.

Blessed are you among women,

and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.