Cum igitur, Venerabiles Fratres, pietatem illam expendimus, quam liturgica Ecclesiae universalis traditio atque ipse renovatus Ritus Romanus erga Sanctam Dei Matrem profitentur, cum deinde meminimus ipsam Liturgiam sacram ob eximiam suam in cultu divino praestantiam esse auream pietatis christianae regulam, cum denique animum advertimus, quomodo Ecclesia sacra celebrans mysteria habitum fidei amorisque suscipiat haud aliter ac beatissima Virgo, tum plane intellegimus, quam apte et convenienter adhortetur Concilium Vaticanum Secundum cunctos Ecclesiae filios, ut cultum, praesertim liturgicum, erga Beatam Virginem generose foveant (CONC. VAT. II, Const. dogm. de Ecclesia Lumen Gentium, n.
Therefore, venerable Brothers, as we consider the piety that the liturgical Tradition of the universal Church and the renewed Roman Rite expresses towards the holy Mother of God, and as we remember that the liturgy through its pre-eminent value as worship constitutes the golden norm for Christian piety, and finally as we observe how the Church when she celebrates the sacred mysteries assumes an attitude of faith and love similar to that of the Virgin, we realize the rightness of the exhortation that the Second Vatican Council addresses to all the children of the Church, namely "that the cult, especially the liturgical cult, of the Blessed Virgin be generously fostered."(vatican.va vatican.va