Answering Your Questions About Mary and Her Immaculate Conception

Truly loving Mary will never lessen our faith in God, or take attention away from Christ. Here’s why:

The Church has 4 dogmas regarding our Blessed Mother. They are…

Jesus gave Mary to all of us as our Mother during his crucifixion
Mary was immaculately conceived without original sin
Mary was assumed into Heaven after the resurrection of Christ
Mary was a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Christ

Today’s video is focusing on the second dogma dealing with Mary’s immaculate conception. It’s Mary’s preservation of soul that made it possible for Christ to be conceived in her through the Holy Spirit. So if Mary was able to be saved from original sin, why wasn’t I? The answer is simple: everyone has a role to play in the plan of God, but our role is different from Mary’s.

God gives us everything we need to accomplish the role he’s entrusted to us. We are all born with specific and unique gifts, talents, and graces that make us who we are. There may be a lot of different things that we want to do, and maybe we’ve already done some of those things, but there are specific things we were made to do.

The immaculate conception not only shows us the love God has for our salvation and our lives, but it also shows that he will give us everything we need to do the things we were called to do: the very purpose for our existence. If God could immaculately conceive Mary without original sin in the womb of Saint Anne, think about how many graces he can bestow upon us!

This feast day is an opportunity to glorify God and thank him for all he has given us, and all he gave Mary so she could answer the call of Blessed Mother. The more we learn about and love her, the more we see the beauty and intentionality of Christ in our lives.

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