Let us rejoice (Ps) in Mary's birth, the mother of Jesus (2). She was predestined (1b) to give birth "by the strength of the Lord" (1a). This 5th c. feast marks the anniversary of the dedication of a basilica in Jerusalem built, according to tradition, on the location of the home of St. Anne (26 July), the mother of Mary; patroness of Cuba. Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30 Ps 13:6abc Mt 1:1-16, 18-23