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Title: Mystery of the Immaculate Conception: What you didn’t know about this church feast day
Source: Lifezette
URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/0 ... w-about-this-church-feast-day/
Published: Dec 9, 2015
Author: Uncredited
Post Date: 2015-12-09 18:48:08 by cranky
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Views: 717
Comments: 5

The Immaculate Conception's statue in central Rome. (ANSA via AP)

Somehow, over generations, cultures, and 2,000 years, men and women have maintained an unwavering devotion and curious affinity for Mary, the Virgin Mother of God.

Dec. 8 is celebrated around the globe as one of the most notable Marian Feasts: The Feast of The Immaculate Conception. This feast day also causes some confusion, even among avid churchgoers.

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the conception of Mary, the Mother of God, because she was conceived without original sin on her soul. Given the significance of this event, it is declared a Holy Day of Obligation in the church, meaning the faithful are required to attend Mass.

But what is this day really about, and why is it so significant to the church?

Celebrated exactly nine months before Sept. 8, the date customarily acknowledged as Mary’s birthday, the Immaculate Conception is accepted as the day the Mother of God was conceived.

As an official church feast day, its historical origins are ancient. The first celebrations of Mary’s Immaculate Conception were from the Eastern Christian Church as early as the fifth century. By the seventh century, the feast was widely celebrated and accepted by the faithful.

The mystery of the Immaculate Conception was not accepted as church dogma until much later. Pope Pius IX in 1854 introduced this universal acceptance of the feast day. He declared, “The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant 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.”

Long before this infallible declaration by the papacy, the faithful believed in her purity and even perfect soul. This celebration of Mary’s Immaculate Conception is a beloved and noteworthy example of God’s love and the beginning of his divine plan to come into the world as one of us. (1 image)

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#1. To: cranky (#0)

Without wanting to rain on the catholic parade, we are all allowed free will and so was Mary. She had to accept her role in Jesus' birth and until she did she was no more than an ordinary person. God is not limited by human circumstance and so it is not necessary that Mary be without sin at birth to be Jesus' mother. No one doubts that Mary was incrediably privileged to be the mother of Christ, however there is no indication of her being a spiritual leader during her life time and so we need to keep our attention on Jesus, who did not draw attention to his mother during his ministry

paraclete  posted on  2015-12-09   19:12:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: cranky (#0)

because she was conceived without original sin on her soul.

Is this in the Bible?

patriot wes  posted on  2015-12-09   22:24:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: patriot wes (#2)

Is this in the Bible?

Actually not much is really said about Mary in the Bible, the Catholic belief comes from their traditions. The Bible is quiet about Mary after the birth of Jesus and her existence is acknowleged on a few occasions

paraclete  posted on  2015-12-09   22:51:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: patriot wes (#2)

Is this in the Bible?

I have no idea.

But it certainly is contrary to what I remember being taught about 'immaculate conception'.

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cranky  posted on  2015-12-10   7:57:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: patriot wes (#2)

Is this in the Bible?

According to catholic.com: "The Immaculate Conception

It’s important to understand what the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is and what it is not. Some people think the term refers to Christ’s conception in Mary’s womb without the intervention of a human father; but that is the Virgin Birth. Others think the Immaculate Conception means Mary was conceived "by the power of the Holy Spirit," in the way Jesus was, but that, too, is incorrect. The Immaculate Conception means that Mary, whose conception was brought about the normal way, was conceived without original sin or its stain—that’s what "immaculate" means: without stain. The essence of original sin consists in the deprivation of sanctifying grace, and its stain is a corrupt nature. Mary was preserved from these defects by God’s grace; from the first instant of her existence she was in the state of sanctifying grace and was free from the corrupt nature original sin brings.

When discussing the Immaculate Conception, an implicit reference may be found in the angel’s greeting to Mary. The angel Gabriel said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you" (Luke 1:28). The phrase "full of grace" is a translation of the Greek word kecharitomene. It therefore expresses a characteristic quality of Mary.

The traditional translation, "full of grace," is better than the one found in many recent versions of the New Testament, which give something along the lines of "highly favored daughter." Mary was indeed a highly favored daughter of God, but the Greek implies more than that (and it never mentions the word for "daughter"). The grace given to Mary is at once permanent and of a unique kind.Kecharitomene is a perfect passive participle of charitoo, meaning "to fill or endow with grace." Since this term is in the perfect tense, it indicates that Mary was graced in the past but with continuing effects in the present. So, the grace Mary enjoyed was not a result of the angel’s visit. In fact, Catholics hold, it extended over the whole of her life, from conception onward. She was in a state of sanctifying grace from the first moment of her existence.

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cranky  posted on  2015-12-10   8:29:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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