The Advent Conferences 2024
Bishop’s 2nd Immaculate Conception Conference – Learn how the account of the fall of man found in the book of Genesis predicts the great privilege of the Immaculate Conception that would be given to the Mother of God.
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Immaculate Conception 2024
In 1854 Pope Pius IX made the dogmatic pronouncement of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This incomparable dogma first began to be known immediately after the fall of Adam. The Fathers of the Church tell us that the reference to the “woman” in the Protoevangelium refers to the Immaculate Conception. A debate among saints and theologians arose in the Church questioning how this was possible, since Our Lady had to be redeemed as well. The question was answered by Duns Scotus, leading to the establishment of the feast we celebrate today. From the moment of her conception the Virgin Mary was more pleasing to God than all the saints and angels combined. She prays for us in a special way as we celebrate her feast through the Mass. On this day, let us tell our Mother with all our hearts how much we love her.
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First Friday, December 2024
Conference on Grace and The Immaculate Conception – When we speak of perfect passive conception, we refer to the moment in which the product of active conception is infused with a soul and becomes a human person. From this moment of perfect passive conception, the Virgin Mary was redeemed in a preservative, not a liberative, manner. The Blessed Mother from this point possessed a greater union with God than all the angels and saints. Our Lady was not only free from the guilt of Original Sin, but also the concupiscence of the flesh, of the eyes, and the pride of life. By a divine ligature, she was unable to consent to even the slightest imperfections.
Sanctifying Grace is a created share in the supernatural life of God. When God breathed human life into Adam, He breathed a share of divine life into him as well. Grace must be valued above all things. We must be willing to live and die to preserve it. The Blessed Mother was given the plenitude of grace in preparation for her role as the Mother of God, as well as Mother to each one of us.
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Evening Sermon on the Feast of
The Immaculate Conception 2023
Pope Pius IX, invoking his infallibility, proclaimed the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1854. Our Lady was saved in a unique way by her preservation from Original Sin at the moment of her Immaculate Conception. The Epistle for this feast was applied to the Virgin Mary by the Church to emphasize that she was always in God’s mind. The faithful have always believed this dogma, supported by Holy Scripture, since the beginning of Christianity. Our Country is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
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Sermon on the Feast of
The Immaculate Conception 2023
This dogma has always been believed by the Christian world, but more recently it was made gravely binding for every Catholic to believe. The Virgin Mary was redeemed more perfectly than the rest of men. She was preserved from all stain of original sin by an anticipation of the future merits of Jesus Christ. She was given the initial plenitude of grace at conception, but her capacity to receive Sanctifying Grace grew with her throughout her life. God knew the evil of man after his fall, so God promised that he would put enmity between the devil and the woman. The Blessed Mother has both the heart of a virgin and the heart of a mother.
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The reading of the introduction of this encyclical for the proclamation of the dogma that Our Lady was preserved free from original sin is doctrinal and devotional. Listening to the words of the proclamation is awe inspiring. The Blessed Mother had to be created as a worthy mother for a worthy Son. For this reason, authors say that God could have a created a better world but not a better Mother for His Son. This privilege elevates the Blessed Mother to a status far superior to all the saints and angels combined.
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Feast Of The Immaculate Conception 2021
Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854 after years of preparation and prayer. In the encyclical that contains the definition the pope begins to prove the truth of the doctrine by showing that the liturgy of the Church from its earliest days honored Our Lady under this title and privilege. So in turning to Mass texts of this feast we see the beauty of our Blessed Mother explained. We pray to fulfill her prophecy in the Magnificat that we are part of the present generation that calls her blessed.
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Feast Of The Immaculate Conception 2020
This feast day honors the infallible teaching of the Church that the Blessed Virgin Mary, from the first moment of her existence, was free from original sin and all sin by reason of the future merits of her Son’s Passion and Death. Her redemption is unlike ours because hers was preservative, meaning evil never touched her, whereas ours is liberative, meaning we were freed from evil that held us. This exclusive privilege of hers was so she would be a worthy mother of the Son of God and that, although not the same degree, she would be like her Son in holiness and finally that she would be duly prepared to be the Co-Redemptrix, congruently not condignly as her Son alone could be. All these doctrines prove for us Wordsworth’s line that Our Lady is “our tainted nature’s solitary boast”.
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Feast Of The Immaculate Conception 2019
This conference after the Mass honoring Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception begins with an explanation of the Epistle and how it applies to our Blessed Mother. The declaration of this dogma was done under Pope Pius IX and brought joy to the world. By a special divine privilege the Virgin Mary was preserved free from original sin in light of the merits of her Son on the cross. This is what we celebrate today.
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Immaculate Conception 2018
The Proclamation of the dogma of today’s feast of the Immaculate Conception was done by Pope Pius IX in 1854. This prerogative is an absolutely supernatural gift to the Blessed Virgin Mary in light of the Passion and Death of her Divine Son and which created Her as a worthy vessel for the carrying of Christ as His Mother later in Her life. Her initial plenitude of grace was accompanied by the virtues and the gifts in the highest degree possible to equip her for God’s mission. God’s love produced this in her and the Blessed Mother reciprocated this love throughout her life.
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