In part 3 of this series, we showed the possibility of the “being” of man to be exempted from man’s fallen nature, if God ...

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, celebrated by the Church on Dec. 8, marks the moment when the Virgin Mary was conceived inside St. Anne’s womb, with a soul preserved by God from ...

The high feast day of the Immaculate Conception is usually on the eighth of December. Every several years, however, the Second Sunday of Advent falls on the solemnity’s usual day, and so – showing the ...

A Reflection for the Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary “The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth ...

Appearing in a good form on Wednesday, Pope John Paul presided over the 150th Anniversary of the Immaculate Conception and consecrated the Church tu Mary. The Pontiff reminded Catholics that the dogma ...

Pope Francis highlighted “the beauty of Mary’s heart” in his Angelus address on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. The pope said on Dec. 8 that the Blessed Virgin Mary’s encounter with the ...

“It’s not made any easier by the fact that the Gospel reading on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is the story of ...

My grade school (which I’ve mentioned in previous Scripture reflections) had an Advent/Christmas concert of sorts called the Service of Lights. It began with one student singing “O Come, O Come, ...

In the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, Dec. 8 is the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, but this year it was moved to Monday the 9th to avoid a conflict with the Second Sunday of Advent.

Fresco of the Proclamation of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius IX during the First Vatican Council. (Credit: [CC0], from Wikimedia Commons.) Listen This weekend, the Church gives us a double ...

The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk is photographed Feb. 17, 2023. St. Mary’s is a historically Black church and received a grant for preservation from the National ...