On December 8 Catholics all over the world celebrate Mary´s Immaculate Conception, some people confuse this fest with the virginal conception of Jesus in Mary’s womb by the power of the Holy Spirit, but the Immaculate or perfectly clean conception is when Mary was conceived free from original sin by her parents saint Anne and Joachim. In order to give birth to our Lord Mary needed to be totally pure…
A brief overview of the history and significance of the feast of the Immaculate Conception which is celebrated during Advent on Dec. 8th thoughout the whole Church.
Catechism 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.“
Nicholas Lebish in this series teaches the Biblical foundation of what the church believes and teaches about the Blessed Virgin Mary, not only to know the Blessed Mother even more in a personal way, but also to understand her roll in salvation history.
CCC 487. What the Catholic faith believes about Mary is based on what it believes about Christ, and what it teaches about Mary illumines in turn its faith in Christ.
CCC 488. "God sent forth his Son", but to prepare a body for him, he wanted the free co-operation of a creature. For this, from all eternity God chose for the mother of his Son a daughter of Israel, a young Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee, "a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary": The Father of mercies willed that the Incarnation should be preceded by assent on the part of the predestined mother, so that just as a woman had a share in the coming of death, so also should a woman contribute to the coming of life.
Lesson 1. Mary, Mother of God and Mary New Eve & Mother of Christians
Lesson 2. The Immaculate Conception
This lesson looks at the biblical, historical and logical arguments for the Church's belief in Mary's Immaculate Conception.
Lesson 3. Mary, Perpetual Virgin
This lesson looks at the Catholic teaching of Mary's perpetual virginity, answers common objections against it, and provides historical testimony to the belief since the early church.
Lesson 4. Mary´s Assumption & Coronation
This lesson concludes the series by looking at the Assumption and Coronation of Mary.
