~Tomorrow we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Our forefather in the Faith, Blessed Pope Pius IX, declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, and promoted filial devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary to all Catholics throughout the world. I never tire of reading his exhortations, so I am sharing this, again, today: When Catholics pray the Hail Mary, we…
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Mary: The Immaculate Conception and Singular Lady
It is Monday, December the 2nd, and, as such, Catholics remain in the midst of the Great Novena of the Immaculate Conception (read here). For today, I am posting an essay (with some edits) that I wrote last year about the Immaculate Conception. ~SCF When Catholics cry out Hail Mary, we do so to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Immaculate Conception, the Holy Mother of…
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The Dogma of the Immaculate Conception
“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…
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The Immaculate Conception
We declare, pronounce and define that the doctrine which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the first instant of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace of the Omnipotent God, in virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of mankind, was preserved immaculate from all stain of original sin, has been revealed by God, and therefore…