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  1. 4 days ago · The Catholic Church celebrates today the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on its traditional fixed date of September 8, nine months after the December 8 celebration of her Immaculate Conception as the child of Saints Joachim and Anne. The circumstances of the Virgin Mary’s infancy and early life are not directly recorded in the Bible, but ...

  2. 3 days ago · Even the central altarpiece, Mary’s Dormition, which at one time might have been presented as the “privilege” of Mary, conceived without sin, is possible only because it is the “second fruits” of her Son Jesus, the “first fruits” (1 Corinthians 15: 20-23), the “Resurrection and the Life” (John 11:25).

  3. 4 days ago · The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a time to celebrate the great joy of God’s gift to humanity in Mary, and to recognize with greater clarity, the truth that each and every human ...

  4. 4 days ago · Here’s a brief explanation. For centuries, the Catholic Church has set aside the entire month of Mary to honor Mary, Mother of God. Not just a day in May, mind you, but the entire month. The custom spans both centuries and cultures, with roots going back as far as the Ancient Greeks. In early Greece, May was dedicated to Artemis, the goddess ...

  5. 5 days ago · The beautiful gold-plated floral crown that normally adorns the statue of Our Lady will be incorporated into a new design for a crown to be used in the Episcopal Coronation ceremony, which is scheduled to occur on Dec. 8, 2024, with Bishop Burbidge presiding. In the meantime, we continue to crown Our Lady, the Immaculate Conception, with our ...

  6. 3 days ago · Mary's special position within God's purpose of salvation as "God-bearer" is recognised in a number of ways by some Anglican Christians. All the member churches of the Anglican Communion affirm in the historic creeds that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, and celebrates the feast days of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.

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  8. 3 days ago · Month of Mary-May Devotions. "God wills that all his gifts should come to us through Mary " (St. Bernard) It was in Rome, towards the end of the eighteenth century, one fine evening in May. A ...

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