The Immaculate Conceptionof the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Church celebrates on December 8 the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (But because December 8 this year falls on a Sunday, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is moved to December 9, which becomes a holiday of obligation for Catholics.)
Pope Pius IX, on December 8, 1854, has defined the dogma that the Blessed Virgin Mary "in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin."
"The subject of his immunity from original sin is the person of Mary at the moment of the creation of her soul and its infusion into her body."
This feast tells us that the Blessed Virgin Mary was created by God immaculate in nature for the sake of his Son.
The Immaculate Conception should not be confused with the perpetual virginity of Mary or the virgin birth of Jesus. Because the Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary herself by her mother, Saint Anne.
The Immaculate Conception is one of the 3 Holy Days of Obligation (in addition to all Sundays) for the Catholic Church in the Philippines (the other 2 being January 1 and December 25).
Prayer
Let us pray to Mary, our Mother, to be with us, to guide us, to protect us through her prayer of intercession with her Son.
Let us ask Mary to strengthen the Church in the Philippines in its resolve to protect human life, especially the life of the unborn.
Let us ask Mary to help us respond as generously to God's call as she did and to be as true Catholics and faithful a disciple of her Son as she is.
Mary, our Mother, we honor you today on your Immaculate Conception with the prayer of Hail Holy Queen, in Latin Version.
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae,
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Evae,
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos
misericordes oculos ad nos converte;
et lesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O Clemens; O Pia, O Dulcis Virgo Maria!
Mama Mary, please pray for us and our country!
Ad Jesum per Mariam!
Pope Pius IX, on December 8, 1854, has defined the dogma that the Blessed Virgin Mary "in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin."
"The subject of his immunity from original sin is the person of Mary at the moment of the creation of her soul and its infusion into her body."
This feast tells us that the Blessed Virgin Mary was created by God immaculate in nature for the sake of his Son.
The Immaculate Conception should not be confused with the perpetual virginity of Mary or the virgin birth of Jesus. Because the Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary herself by her mother, Saint Anne.
The Immaculate Conception is one of the 3 Holy Days of Obligation (in addition to all Sundays) for the Catholic Church in the Philippines (the other 2 being January 1 and December 25).
Prayer
Let us pray to Mary, our Mother, to be with us, to guide us, to protect us through her prayer of intercession with her Son.
Let us ask Mary to strengthen the Church in the Philippines in its resolve to protect human life, especially the life of the unborn.
Let us ask Mary to help us respond as generously to God's call as she did and to be as true Catholics and faithful a disciple of her Son as she is.
Mary, our Mother, we honor you today on your Immaculate Conception with the prayer of Hail Holy Queen, in Latin Version.
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae,
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Evae,
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos
misericordes oculos ad nos converte;
et lesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O Clemens; O Pia, O Dulcis Virgo Maria!
Mama Mary, please pray for us and our country!
Ad Jesum per Mariam!
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