The Gospel for today's Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the story of the Annunciation, with the familiar words: "Hail full of Grace" (Lk 1 26), which Catholics around the world repeat millions of times a day. This Solemnity celebrates that fullness of grace, that from the earliest instant of her conception, Mary was without stain of original sin, a dogma proclaimed in 1854 by Pope Pius IX, but believed from the beginning of the Christian era. This fullness of grace was a gift in view of Mary's Motherhood of God, and is reflected in her FIAT, "Let it be done to me." (Lk 1:38). As Christians and as Marists, we strive to imitate Mary's openness to the calls that God gives us daily. May she help us become more like her.
Bro. Rene
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