Vigil of the Immaculate Conception

Tomorrow is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.* On this vigil day, Catholics stand in the remains of the night as the dawn makes its appearance. This resplendent dawn is that Singular Conception, the Immaculate Conception, who ushers in the Light of Christ. In 1953, on the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, Pope…