Immaculate Conception Mass 7pm
Wednesday, December 08, 2021, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

On December 8 we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. What exactly is the Immaculate Conception? According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church 490: "To become the mother of the Savior, Mary “was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role.” The angel Gabriel at the moment of the annunciation salutes her as “full of grace”. In fact, in order for Mary to be able to give the free assent of her faith to the announcement of her vocation, it was necessary that she be wholly borne by God's grace.
491: Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, “full of grace” through God, was redeemed from the moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854:
The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin."

Join us to celebrate this Holy Day of Obligation at one of the following Masses:

Tuesday, December 7th:
7:00pm Vigil for Immaculate Conception

Wednesday, December 8th:
8:30am Immaculate Conception Mass
7:00pm Immaculate Conception Mass

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