Proclamation of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

“We declare, pronounce and define that the doctrine which asserts that the Blessed Virgin Mary, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of Almighty God, and in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race was preserved free from every stain of original sin is a doctrine revealed by God, and for this reason, must be firmly and constantly believed by all the faithful.”
-Pope Pius IX

The popes through the centuries, from time to time, would proclaim a dogma infallibly, by the specific grace granted them by Jesus Christ, through the Holy Ghost, for the good of Holy Mother Church and all her children. Often these doctrines were not in dispute at the time, but God, seeing the end from the beginning, knew that in later ages faith would grown cold, and He wanted these truths enshrined without doubt, so that the faith of the elect would be safeguarded from the enemy. It is my belief that the doctrines of the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of the BVM are in this category, God knowing the faithless age and the faithless “theologians” that are now holding sway. Let us thank God for the great gift of the Petrine Office, so wisely held in the past by holy popes.

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!

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