The entire body of the faithful pours forth instant supplications to the Mother of God

The dogmatic constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium ("Light of Nations"), published on November 21, 1964, is one of the four conciliar constitutions drafted by the Second Vatican Council. We find this short exhortation of the council Fathers to pray to Mary, Mother of God:

“The entire body of the faithful pours forth instant supplications to the Mother of God and Mother of men that she, who aided the beginnings of the Church by her prayers, may now, exalted as she is above all the angels and saints, intercede before her Son in the fellowship of all the saints, until all families of people, whether they are honored with the title of Christian or whether they still do not know the Savior, may be happily gathered together in peace and harmony into one people of God, for the glory of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity.”

Vatican II, Lumen Gentium, § 69