Tribulation Times
(Gen 3:15) I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall cursh thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.
ROME REPORTS: Vatican's Secret Archives to show documents of the Immaculate Conception and of St. Bernadette
ST. LOUIS REVIEW: Feast of Immaculate Conception celebrates Mary's sinless nature The feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day of obligation, will be observed Thursday, Dec. 8.The feast celebrates the truth, declared by Pope Pius IX in 1854, that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was conceived without original sin. Because Mary was free from inheriting the guilt of the first sin committed by Adam and Eve, only she was worthy and freely disposed to be the mother of the savior, the Mother of God. Popularly, it is one of the oldest Marian feasts, dating back to the seventh century. In 1846, Mary was proclaimed patroness of the United States under this title. By her faith, obedience and holiness, she teaches what it means to be a bearer of Christ to the world. MORE: Few doctrines of the Catholic Church are as misunderstood as the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Many people, including many Catholics, think that it refers to the conception of Christ through the action of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. That event, though, is celebrated at the feast of the Annunciation of the Lord (March 25, nine months before Christmas). What is the Immaculate Conception?” “The Immaculate Conception refers to the condition that the Blessed Virgin Mary was free from Original Sin from the very moment of her conception in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne,” the Catholic dogma states. The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 8 which is exactly nine months before December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Fr. John Hardon, S.J., in his Modern Catholic Dictionary, said that: "Neither the Greek nor Latin Fathers explicitly taught the Immaculate Conception, but they professed it implicitly." Many centuries had passed before the Catholic Church recognized the Immaculate Conception as a doctrine. It was during the papacy of Pope Pius IX that the Immaculate Conception was declared as a dogma on December 8, 1854. In the Apostolic Constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX wrote that "We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful." Father Hardon said that the Blessed Virgin's "freedom from sin was an unmerited gift of God or special grace, and an exception to the law, or privilege, which no other created person has received." Another misconception people have is that Mary's Immaculate Conception was necessary to ensure that Original Sin would not be passed on to Christ. This has never been a part of the teaching on the Immaculate Conception; rather, the Immaculate Conception represents Christ's saving grace operating in Mary in anticipation of His redemption of man and in God's foreknowledge of Mary's acceptance of His Will for her,” the Catholic Dogma says. “In other words, the Immaculate Conception was not a precondition for Christ's act of redemption but the result of it. It is the concrete expression of God's love for Mary, who gave herself fully, completely, and without hesitation to His service,” it added.
Thoughts and Sayings of Saint Margaret Mary: The Holy Eucharist
23. He has so fashioned and destined me for His all-lovable Heart, that He alone is all my joy, my consolation, my treasure and my happiness; and apart from Him all else is as nothing to me.Prayer request? Send an email to: PrayerRequest3@aol.com
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