Holy Day: Feast of The Immaculate Conception (December 8th)
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In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pius IX pronounced and defined 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."
Patroness of the United States, pray for us .
Wikileaks John Podesta drop was on 10/7/2016 which is also the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. No Coincidences.
Thanks for the reminder, it’s also a holy day of obligation!
Dang, I forgot!!! wife took the car all day and I just saw this post.
Except the bible doesn't say that. Mary was a sinner, just like the rest of us. She just happened to be a sinner who was chosen to participate in something incredible. God uses sinners to do His works. Those are the only people He has to work with.
Show me the citation where where "bible alone" is even stated in the bible.
There are many, but this is the main one in the New Testament I am aware of…
Luke 1:26-28
26 And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, FULL OF GRACE, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Now the angel being would not refer to a sinful fallen women as “FULL OF GRACE” and greet her with HAIL, something reserved for one of a higher place than the one greeting.
Check out the book below if you are interested in the many Old Testament references, but it seems clear to me that Mary is the new ark of the covenant to carry Jesus Christ. The old ark carried the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, the new ark carries Christ the God Child himself. It does not follow that the old ark would be sacred and holy, and yet the new ark for Christ himself would be a lesser vessel of a “sinful women”. God, looking forward to Christ’s infinite sacrifice on the cross allowed Mary a special grace to be conceived without sin to fulfill her sacred role in salvation history as the new ark for the Christ Child. Mary can’t full be understand apart from the Old Testament. This is my understanding anyway.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HHF7C9D/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_1MNTRGAQABRF25A19HE1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Not exactly a refutation of the above comment, but something to consider in contrast:
Haha. It actually does say that the word of God is complete. It also doesn't mention 'the pope.' But if you actually want to know, you can look it up yourself.
"bible alone" ... book chapter verse, cite it.
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah More information: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HHF7C9D/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_7GDQ4ZEG47D7CDBHCEZ5
true, but here is a convert to Catholicism who studied at Princeton Theology Seminary explaining his vision of the question https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2018/12/14/why-i-came-to-believe-that-mary-was-conceived-without-sin/
You mean Mary Magdelene ... not Mother Mary