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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. On December 8 we celebrate the Immaculate Conception, not only as Catholics but also as Americans. The Catholic Church of the United States made the Immaculate Conception the patronal feast of the whole nation. This occurred in 1846, eight years before the dogmatic definition. The history of this dogma is an excellent ...
Dec 9, 2018 · In the liturgical calendar of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, there exists the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary on December 8. It is a feast that is often confused ...
May 18, 2024 · Mary's Immaculate Conception is a special gift from God preserving her from original sin and concupiscence - the inclination to sin. Mary always had sanctifying grace. By God's grace, she remained ...
Mary is the New Eve and the Jesus is the New Adam. Mary's "Yes" undid Eve's "no." If Eve was conceived without sin, which the Bible says she was, then Mary, the New Eve, who is greater than Eve, would also be born without sin. We know that Mary "Magnifies the Lord" (Lk 1:46).
Dec 8, 2021 · Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the solemn dogma defined by Blessed Pope Pius IX in 1854. As Our Lady Immaculately Conceived is the patroness of the United ...
Jul 21, 2011 · The Immaculate Conception The Immaculate Conception, or Soult, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618-1682) ©. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception teaches that Mary, the mother of Christ, was ...
The Immaculate Conception means that Mary, whose conception was brought about the normal way, was conceived in the womb of her mother without the stain of Original Sin. The essence of Original Sin consists in the lack of sanctifying grace. Mary was preserved from this defect; from the first instant of her existence she was in the state of ...
