The Feast of the Immaculate Conception
There are some beautiful Immaculate Conception quotes, but before we get to that, let’s take a look at the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
When is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception falls on December 8th both in the current and 1962 calendars.
When Did the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception Become a Dogma?
The Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception became a formal dogma on December 8th, 1854.
Why is the Immaculate Conception Celebrated on December 8th?
The Immaculate Conception is Celebrated on December 8th because on December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX, formally defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in a document called Ineffabilis Deus. Check out Ineffabilis Deus.
What is the Definition of the Immaculate Conception?
Below is the definition of the Immaculate Conception as stated in Ineffabilis Deus:
Wherefore, in humility and fasting, we unceasingly offered our private prayers as well as the public prayers of the Church to God the Father through his Son, that he would deign to direct and strengthen our mind by the power of the Holy Spirit. In like manner did we implore the help of the entire heavenly host as we ardently invoked the Paraclete. Accordingly, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, for the honor of the Holy and undivided Trinity, for the glory and adornment of the Virgin Mother of God, for the exaltation of the Catholic Faith, and for the furtherance of the Catholic religion, by the authority of Jesus Christ our Lord, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own: “We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.”[29]
Ineffabilis Deus
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Top Immaculate Conception Quotes
- It is not to be believed that he, the Son of God, would be born of a Virgin, and take her flesh, were she in the slightest degree stained with original sin.” ~Saint Bernardine of Siena
- “This important Marian feast occurs during Advent, a season of watchful and prayerful preparation for Christmas. She who knew better than anyone how to wait attentively for the Lord guides us and shows us how to make more vital and active our journey to the Holy Night of Bethlehem. With her, we spend these weeks in prayer and, guided by her bright star, hasten to make the spiritual journey that will lead us to celebrate the mystery of the Incarnation with greater intensity.” ~St. John Paul II
- “He who formed the first Virgin without deformity, also made the second one without spot or sin.” -Saint Amphilochius, In S. Deip. et Sim.
- “That Mary is that uncorrupted earth which God blessed, and was therefore free from all contagion of sin.” ~Saint Bruno
- “Thou hast found a singular grace, O most sweet Virgin, that of preservation from original sin.” –Blessed Raymond Jordano
- “We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.” ~Pope Pius IX
- “Receive me not from Sarah, but from Mary; that it may be an uncorrupted Virgin, a Virgin free by grace from every stain of sin” ~Saint Ambrose of Milan
Let us remember that we can turn to Mary, our Mother to help us become Saints!
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