Every December 8th Day of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary for the Catholic Church. The festival is part of Marian festivals of Catholicism, a teaching that emphasizes the grace and virtues of Catholicism Mary of Nazaretha figure of empathy, solidarity and faith. Although the meaning of this day may cause confusion, it refers to the sinless birth of the Virgo.
In Argentina this date is a immovable national holidaywhere many people take the opportunity to put up the Christmas tree, a key element of faith that symbolizes the generosity of God through the Holy Trinitywhich is expressed in its triangular figure.
The meaning of this day is often confusing for many people because of its association with the day Immaculate Conception of Jesus. However, the date refers to the divine protection given to his mother, Mary of Nazarethfrom our own conception. It should be remembered that for Catholicism, all people since Adam and Eve are born with the so-called “original sin”, which is absolved with baptism; However, Mary lacked the punishment that is considered a sign of purity for human beings and that would later enable her to give birth to children. Christ.
He Pope Pius IX declared in one of his speeches: “We declare that the doctrine that Mary was conceived without original sin is a doctrine revealed by God and obliges everyone to believe it as a dogma of faith.”
The first celebrations of Immaculate Conception They took place in Spain in 1644. In 1854 the Pope Pius IX decided to have a special day in his honor St. Peter’s Basilica from the Vatican, Rome. The festival was marked by the participation of more than 200 bishops, believers and ambassadors from all over the world. The Pope ordered 300 bells to be rung simultaneously with the release of 100 doves, as a symbol of hope and salvation.
He Day of the Immaculate Conception of Mary It is one of the most important festivals of Catholicism and is one of the Marian holidays. There is that Novena to the Immaculate Conceptionwhich consists of nine days of prayer preceding this date.
As the Catholic information agency ACI Prensa points out, this is the case prayer to ask them Virgin Mary for every need, in celebration of her Immaculate Conception:
We are here once again to pay tribute to you
at the foot of this column,
from which you watch with love
on Rome and on the whole world,
since, one hundred and fifty years ago,
Blessed Pius IX. announced:
as the truth of the Catholic faith,
your protection from every stain of sin,
in anticipation of death and resurrection
your son Jesus Christ.
Immaculate Virgin!
Your intact spiritual beauty
It is a living source of confidence and hope for us.
Have you as a mother, Holy Virgin,
It encourages us on the path of life
as a pledge of eternal salvation.
Therefore for you, O Mary,
We turn confidently.
Help us build a world
where human life is always loved and defended,
any form of violence is rejected,
the peace that everyone stubbornly sought.
Immaculate Virgin!
In this year of the Eucharist
Grant us to celebrate and worship
with renewed and deep love
the sacred mystery of the body and blood of Christ.
In your school or Eucharistic woman,
teach us to remember the wonderful works
that God does not stop working in the hearts of people.
With maternal urgency, Virgin Mary,
Guide our steps always in the paths of good.
Amen!
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