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  • Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    Today is the feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary which commemorates the first of the four Marian dogmas: the Divine Motherhood of Mary. Dom Gueranger (b. 1805- d. 1875) in his book, The Liturgical Year, writes an excellent explanation of today’s feast, which will follow; but, first, a bit about the dogma of the Divine Motherhood, and its commemoration today: “The…