Preface 18 - Blessed Virgin Mary

From the Book of Divine Worship - The Proper: First Part - The Holy Eucharist - Rite One - Proper Prefaces - Prefaces for Other Occasions

According to the name of the feast is said:
in the Immaculate Conception,
or
in the Visitation,
or
in the Assumption,
or
in the Nativity,
or
in the Presentation.

In Masses of the Seven Sorrows is said:
in the Transfixion.

On the Memorial of Mount Carmel is said:
in the Commemoration.

On all other Feasts is said:
on the Festival.

In the Mass of St. Mary on Saturday, and also in Votive Masses in which no special Mystery is celebrated, is said:
in Veneration.

It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, holy Father, almighty, everlasting God; and that in (name of feast) of Blessed Mary Ever-Virgin, we should praise thee, bless thee, and extol thee: for, by the overshadowing of the Holy Ghost, she conceived thine Only-begotten; and in the abiding glory of her virginity, shed forth upon this world the everlasting Light, Jesus Christ our Lord.