Immaculate Conception Church 308 Second Street Irwin, PA 15642. We will say it in praying the Angelus, but we can repeat it now, together. “Giving heed to the loving call of our Blessed Mother - the Greatest Monument of the Grace of God - and being fervent and zealous to lead a holier life, pleasing to God!” (Based on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of our Blessed Mother) A legend goes thus… There was once a … One reason for the Immaculate Conception according to this lovely preface is that it would have been completely inappropriate for the Mother of the Second Person of the Trinity to have been under the reign of sin. The clergy knew its significance. Pope Francis on the Immaculate Conception, reflection homily on the immaculate conception, DEC. 8: IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY GOSPEL, COMMENTARY AND REFLECTION. Feast of the Immaculate Conception: A Reflection. Purest of virgins, she was to bring forth your Son. She is the one “evergreen oasis” of humanity, the only one uncontaminated, created immaculate so as to fully welcome, with her ‘yes’, God who came into the world and thus to begin a new history. All of these we live under the protection, inspiration and guidance of Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, whom we honor as "our Mother and sister. A gift of perfect love for the God she loved so perfectly is surely one of Mary’s deepest joys. Whenever we celebrate Mass the preface reminds us why, today, we should thank God. The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is an invitation to share in the holiness and purity of our Blessed Virgin Mary. and the promise of its perfection as the bride of Christ, radiant in beauty. Have you thought about this, that sin makes us old on the inside? The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception can be put quite simply, “whatever original sin is, Mary never had it.” But original sin is also negative. Dear Brothers and Sisters, good afternoon! To the Angel who asks her to be ready to become the mother of Jesus, Mary replies: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word” (v. 38). Today we gather to celebrate Mary being conceived without the stain of original sin. We will have our Mass this weekend professionally recorded in the church and emailed to you Saturday afternoon. With generosity and trust, like Mary, let us say today, each of us, this personal ‘yes’ to God. JESUS BEING CALLED A MADMAN (Mk 3:20–21 ). In the magnificent hymn that opens the Letter to the Ephesians (see 1:3-6, 11-12), St Paul makes us understand that every human being is created by God for that fullness of holiness, for that beauty of which the Madonna was clothed from the beginning. BY: Fr. This grace given her is an act of God’s perfect and gratuitous mercy. Share to help others in their Catholic faith and life. 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B HOMILY REFLECTION: TEACH ME YOUR WAYS. Each of us has a collection of them within. Here I am is believing that God counts more than my ‘me’. Works of mercy are done in silence, in secrecy, without boasting of doing them. Every ‘yes’ to God gives rise to stories of salvation for us and for others. Each of us, looking within ourselves, sees dark sides. Reflection on the Immaculate Conception Mothers, Artists, and Pain: Moon River and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception Reflection from CWS member Jessica Mesman Griffith, originally published on Patheos.com My maternal grandfather was born on December 8, … Implict in the Immaculate Conception is the plan of God, a promise of salvation through His Son. because she was the mother of Jesus, and lived through her life. The Eastern Orthodox and other Churches do not celebrate this feast; they do not accept the doctrine either. But can one go further? Given Mary’s total love of God, surely one of the gifts that she treasured most was to have always been in God’s love, never, even for an instant been separated from his love and grace. Bernadette asked her who she was, and the lady in white said in the local dialect, “I am the Immaculate Conception.”. December 08, 2020 (Readings on USCCB website) . WELCOME TO CATHOLICS STRIVING FOR HOLINESS! This is why saying here I am to him is the highest praise we can offer him. God chose Mary the Immaculate Conception to be our “model of holiness” (Preface) in much the same way that DNA plays an integral role in our genetic code: from the inside, not from the outside. Not so, replied Augustine. A beautiful compliment to give to a woman and to tell her, politely, that she looks youthful. Benedict Agbo . The famous “yes, but …”; “yes, Lord, but …”. If you are home watching, please make a copy of this prayer so that you can say it along with me. It means that, in her, full of grace from the start, there is no space for sin. It does not pay to be clever – to continually postpone a serious evaluation of one’s own life, taking advantage of the Lord’s patience. We have to put mercy before judgment, and in any event God’s judgement will always be in the light of his mercy. Just as her youth does not lie in age, her beauty does not consist in her outward appearance. NEW GUIDE TO HOLY ROSARY WITH "SUB TUUM PRAESIDIUM" AND ST. MICHAEL PRAYERS. COLLECT PRAYER. ANGELUS ADDRESSDec. FRIDAY 2ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME GOSPEL, COMMENTARY AND READING. Yet, in order to be filled it is necessary to make room, to empty oneself, to step aside. The Author: Katherine O’Malley calendar_today Date: November 27, 2020 - 2 minutes read. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy feast day! POPE FRANCIS’ REFLECTION HOMILY ON THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Catholics Striving for holiness Home page, Catholics Striving for Holiness Privacy Policy. She is a masterpiece, whilst remaining humble, small, poor. HOMILY SOURCE: http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/12/08/pope_francis_homily_for_inauguration_of_the_jubilee/1192758 (Bold letters mine to highlight important ideas). Reflection for December 8, Tuesday; The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Principal Patroness of the Philippines (Solemnity): Luke 1:26-38 Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And this was made possible through a great ‘yes’ – that of the sin was the ‘no’; this is the ‘yes’, it is a great ‘yes’ — that of Mary at the moment of the Annunciation. Readings & Reflections with Cardinal Tagle’s Video: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, December 8,2020. SOURCE: http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2018/documents/papa-francesco_angelus_20181208.htmlEMPHASIS MINE. in a way that was unusual. As Carmelites We live our life of allegiance to Jesus Christ and to serve Him faithfully with a pure heart and a clear conscience through a commitment to seek the face of the living God (the contemplative dimension of life), through prayer, through fraternity, and through service (diakonia). But this is a great mistake; it is the temptation of the origins, the temptation of the devil: weaving mistrust in God. We carry out this act, so simple yet so highly symbolic, in the light of the word of God which we have just heard. I love you; be it done to me according to your good will”. But be careful. Thus, Mary was accustomed to listening to God and interacting with him. They passed through the “narrow door” that leads to life (see Lk 13:24). Even the greatest saints were sinners and everything in reality, even the most beautiful things, are corroded by evil: everything, except Mary. She is certain that with the Lord, even if in an unexpected way, everything will be fine. SOURCE: http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2020/documents/papa-francesco_angelus_20201208.htmlEMPHASIS MINE. 133 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. Today the Word of God presents us with an alternative. Similarly, in the nothingness of Mary’s virginity, God creates, and His Son is conceived as a human being in Mary’s womb. The readings for today’s Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary present two crucial passages in the history of the relationship between man and God: we could say that they lead us towards the origin of good and evil. I was led to study and reflect on the meaning of the Immaculate Conception through this text which led me to appreciate the liturgical texts of the Mass. In both readings it is God who seeks mankind. ", Copyright © 2003 - 2020 THE ORDER OF CARMELITES - www.ocarm.org, Celebrating At Home - 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time B, Celebrating At Home - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Celebrating At Home Christmas - Nativity of the Lord, Celebrating At Home - Fourth Sunday of Advent, As Carmelites We live our life of allegiance to Jesus Christ and to serve Him faithfully with a pure heart and a clear conscience through a commitment to seek the face of the living God (the contemplative dimension of life), through prayer, through fraternity, and through service (. Here I am is the opposite of I hid myself. What opens the gates of paradise to us is God’s grace, received by us with faithfulness. Reflection for the Immaculate Conception - December 8, 2020 Fri, 12/04/2020-01:34pm On Tuesday, December 8th, we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, which is the patronal feast of the Catholic Church in the United States of America. Instead, every complete ‘yes’ to God gives rise to a new story: to say ‘yes’ to God is truly “original”. A “ruffian”: one of the two who was crucified with Jesus. But the preface also points to Mary’s relationship to the Church, to us. Today’s liturgical feast celebrates one of the wonders of the story of salvation: the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. – A women of faith who believed. Some people confuse it with the conception of Jesus in the womb of Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit. WHY IS SATURDAY DEDICATED TO HONOR MOTHER MARY? Nor did Our Lady have a comfortable life, but worries and fears: she was “greatly troubled” (v. 29), the Gospel says, and when the Angel “departed from her” (v. 38), her troubles mounted. She does not place any limitations on God. So she is always youthful; she is “younger than sin” and is “the youngest of humankind” (G. Bernanos, Diario di un curato di campagna, ii, 1988, p. 175). “Tomorrow I’ll be better; tomorrow I will pray, I will do good tomorrow”. In a few moments I will have the joy of opening the Holy Door of Mercy. We are also crafty and so as not to say a true ‘no’ to God, we say: “Sorry, I can’t”; “not today, I think tomorrow”. Today let us look joyfully at her, full of grace. But in the first case God goes to Adam, after the sin, and asks him: “Where are you?” (Gen 3:9), and Adam responds: “I hid myself” (v. 10). To not enjoy life in each passing moment – no, this is the worldly sense. — but by trusting God and entrusting every day to him: here I am! She immediately makes her whole being and her personal history available to God, so that the Word and the will of God may shape and bring them to fulfilment. But faced with problems, Mary places her trust in God. Immaculate Conception is one of them, and often we don’t know their full meaning. When Gabriel entered her home, even the most profound and impenetrable of mysteries became for her a cause for joy, faith and abandonment to the message revealed to her. It is choosing to bet on the Lord, docile to his surprises. Immaculate Conception The feast of the Immaculate Conception that we celebrate on December 8 th is based on the traditional belief and Catholic teaching that the Blessed Virgin Mary was born free from original sin. Thus far from being negative, the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is a positive affirmation about God’s gift of grace and holiness to Mary. She knew the special way in which she would become the Mother of God — the Angel had said so — but the Angel had not explained it to others, only to her. Tweets from Pope Francis. to be our advocate with you and our pattern in holiness. Sometimes, though, we are experts in the half-hearted ‘yes’: we are good at pretending not to understand what God wants and what our conscience suggests. By dwelling with God, in dialogue with him in every circumstance, Mary made her life beautiful. Let us take advantage of the present moment! These truths are not a complete account of all God’s favours to Mary. The idea that Mary was presented in the Temple as a young girl is making the same point: Mary always belonged to God. However, the Lord, dear brothers and sisters, suffers when we respond to him as Adam did: “I was afraid, and I hid myself”. Being with God does not magically resolve problems. But that is the truth. If Mary’s Immaculate Conception makes sense to you… Mary, as today’s Gospel reading shows us, does not stand out in appearance: from a simple family, she lived humbly in Nazareth, a village practically unknown. In the Gospel, with one word only, she is called “full of grace” (Lk 1:28), that is, filled with grace. And this, for us, is the path for becoming “holy and immaculate”. Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Brothers and sisters, God’s grace is offered to everyone; and many who are the least on this earth will be the first in heaven (see Mk 10:31). This will be a year in which we grow ever more convinced of God’s mercy. The problem is with the word “immaculate.” This is a negative word, meaning, “not spotted or stained.” The stain in question is of course original sin. Order of the brothers of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt. ANGELUS ADDRESS DEC. 8, 2016Mary’s total “yes” to God. WEDNESDAY 2ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME GOSPEL, COMMENTARY AND READING. For this reason, he chose Mary, the only creature without sin, immaculate. SOURCE: http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2019/documents/papa-francesco_angelus_20191208.htmlEMPHASIS MINE. In our time we have lost both a sense of sin and a sense of holiness, so that we may not feel or appreciate the urgency of sinlessness in the Mother of God.There is utter incompatibility between God and sin. POPE FRANCIS' HOMILY REFLECTION ON THE 3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B, MORNING PRAYER OF CONSECRATION TO MOTHER MARY: "OH MY LADY.". To return to Lourdes. In particular we should read the Preface, that is the opening part of the Eucharistic Prayer that comes before the Holy Holy. In the beginning, God created the universe out of nothing. All of this without clamour and ostentation, without seeking places of honour, without advertising, because charity and works of mercy needn’t be exhibited as a trophy. ANGELUS ADDRESS, DEC. 8. The Immaculate Conception is a dogma of the Catholic Church which states that the Virgin Mary has been free of original sin from the moment of her conception. Each time we acknowledge her as full of grace, we give her the greatest compliment, the same one God had given her. How often, instead, do we mistrust him; we mistrust God! Let us entrust ourselves to her and say “no” to sin and “yes” to Grace once and for all. And today we look at the beauty of Our Lady, born and lived without sin, ever docile and transparent to God. HOW TO MEDITATE ON THE PASSION OF OUR LORD. We hold on to this with deep faith. The Gospel, which recounts the episode of the Annunciation, helps us to understand what we are celebrating, above all through the Angel’s greeting. And she wasn’t well-known: even when the Angel visited her, no one knew of it; there were no reporters there that day. This was possible thanks to her “yes”. She is humble. The visit to Elizabeth which immediately follows the Annunciation testifies this concretely. She does not say “let it be done as I want”, but “as You will”. There is only one thing that makes us age, grow old interiorly: not age, but sin. Catholic Daily Mass Readings for December 8 2020, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Homily. Here I am is being available to the Lord; it is the cure for selfishness, the antidote to a dissatisfied life, which is always lacking something. Let’s pray very much to our Mother, the Immaculate Conception, that she can guide us into the way of peace. Because of this ‘yes’ Jesus began his journey along the path of humanity; he began it in Mary, spending the first months of life in his mother’s womb: he did not appear as a man, grown and strong, but he followed the journey of a human being. Mary’s virginal conception of Jesus reflects God’s omnipotence. Thus far from being negative, the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is a positive affirmation about God’s gift of grace and holiness to Mary. Mary’s “yes” to God takes on from the beginning the attitude of service, of attention to the needs of others. Again and again these readings make us think of the words by which the angel Gabriel told an astonished young girl of the mystery which was about to enfold her: “Hail, full of grace” (Lk 1:28).The Virgin Mary was called to rejoice above all because of what the Lord accomplished in her. At this point we can say that the Immaculate Conception means that Mary was never in a state of lacking grace. And when we turn to her, we too recognize this beauty: we invoke her, “full of grace”, without a shadow of evil. That Mary is filled with the presence of God. But to seize today, to say “no” to evil and “yes” to God, to open oneself to His grace, to once and for all stop thinking of ourselves, dragging ourselves into hypocrisy and to face our own reality as we are –this is who we are – to recognize that we have not loved God and neighbour as we should have. She trusts in God. God is Father, the most tender of fathers, and desires his children’s trust. Today we consider the beginning of this fulfilment, which is even before the birth of the Mother of the Lord. (that is, God gave her the graces and gifts needed to allow God to achieve his plan for the salvation of humanity, through her cooperation). Here I am is the remedy against the aging of sin; it is the therapy for staying young within. Let us ask her to help us to remain youthful, by saying ‘no’ to sin, and to live a beautiful life, by saying ‘yes’ to God. REFLECTION – “If, as the Apostle declares, faith is nothing else than the substance of things to be hoped for” (Heb 11:1) everyone will easily allow, that our faith is confirmed and our hope aroused and strengthened, by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin. 2017“Full of grace”. HOMILY THEME: Feast of Immaculate Conception : THE SECRET OF MARY! Original sin was a Western problem, and this doctrine was hammered out in North Africa through St. Augustine’s controversy with Pelagius, who more or less stated that we could save ourselves. SOURCE: http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2017/documents/papa-francesco_angelus_20171208.htmlEMPHASIS MINE. Let us set aside all fear and dread, for these do not befit men and women who are loved. For each of us too, there is a history of salvation made up of ‘yeses’ and ‘nos’. The Lord is with you.” Like the Assumption, our celebration of Mary’s Immaculate Conception tells us something very important about our common humanity: that is, humanity as man was meant to bear… POPE FRANCIS’ HOMILY REFLECTION ON THE 3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B. THURSDAY 2ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME GOSPEL, COMMENTARY AND READING. She does not think: “I will dedicate myself partly to him, I will deal with it and then I will do what I want”. And this cunning leads us away from the ‘yes’. Mary overcomes this first temptation with her here I am. The Immaculate Conception: Is defined like this….. 490 To become the mother of the Saviour, Mary "was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role. May the feast of our Mother help us to make our whole life a “yes” to God, a “yes” made of adoration of him and of daily gestures of love and service. We think that he might send us some trial, deprive us of freedom, abandon us. Today we are contemplating the beauty of Mary Immaculate. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary this year is very special to me: It is the 19th Anniversary of the first time I received Jesus, through my First Communion (December 8, 1997). The Immaculate Conception . And do you know who is the first person we are sure entered paradise? When we say full of grace to Mary, in a certain sense we are telling her this too, at the highest level. 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