Add to the following litany to Mary.
LEADER: Mary, receiver of God’s impregnating Word.
ALL: God is with you and with us.
LEADER: Mary, swelling with God’s promise.
ALL: God is with you and with us.
Continue the litany pattern.
Mary, full of grace and youth.
Mary, willing to give birth.
Mary, believer in all God can do.
Mary, first home of the savior.
Mary, unwed and widowed mother.
Mary, cause of our joy.
LEADER: Let us pray with Pope Francis at the end of Joy of the Gospel:
ALL: Mary, Virgin and Mother, you welcomed the word of life in the depths of your humble faith: help us say yes to the urgent call to proclaim the good news of Jesus.