Category: Mary

FAITHLINK News.Va: “#PopeFrancis: Divine Motherhood of #Mary a Gift to Us All”

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View of St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican from River

“‘To celebrate #Mary as Mother of #God and our mother at the beginning of the new year means recalling a certainty that will accompany our days,’ said #PopeFrancis, ‘we are a people with a Mother; we are not orphans.’ … ‘To celebrate the feast of the Holy Mother of God reminds us that we are not interchangeable items of merchandise or information processors. We are children, we are family, we are God’s People.’ …”

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FAITHLINK Catholic Review: “Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is Holy Day”

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Immaculate Heart of Mary

“The Solemnity of the #ImmaculateConception of the #BlessedVirginMary … celebrat[ing] the dogma that #Mary was preserved from original sin from the moment of her conception … Dec. 8 … a holy day of obligation on which #Catholics are required to attend #Mass. In 1846 … the U.S. bishops adopted a decree naming Mary, ‘conceived without sin,’ as patroness of the United States. Pope Pius IX approved the choice and placed the United States under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception in 1857.”

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FAITHLINK Diocese of Cleveland: “Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Holy Day of Obligation on Dec. 8”

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Immaculate Heart of Mary

“In the Catholic Church, the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a holy day of obligation.  Celebrated annually on Dec. 8, it is also the patronal feast day of the United States. The Immaculate Conception is the belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was graced by God in such a way that she was preserved from sin from the moment of her existence.  ‘Immaculate’ thus refers to the absence of sin or stain, and “conception” refers to Mary’s beginning.  …”

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FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Monday 11.21.16

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Historic Bible

“When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people
putting their offerings into the treasury
and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins.
He said, ‘I tell you truly,
this poor widow put in more than all the rest;
for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth,
but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.'”

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