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The feast is a celebration of Mary being the mother of Jesus.The English title "Mother of God" is a literal translation of the Latin title Mater Dei, which in turn is a rendering of the Greek title Θεοτόκος (), meaning "Bearer of God" dogmatically adopted by the First Council of Ephesus (431) as an assertion of the divinity of Christ.
The solemnity of the principal patron of the place, city or state; The solemnity of the dedication or anniversary of the dedication of one's own church; The solemnity of the title of one's own church (the mystery or saint to which it is dedicated) The solemnity of either the title or the founder of a religious institute
The Feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary is an optional memorial celebrated in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church on 12 September. It has been a universal Roman Rite feast since 1684, when Pope Innocent XI included it in the General Roman Calendar to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Vienna in 1683. [ 1 ]
The earliest feasts that relate to Mary grew out of the cycle of feasts that celebrate the Nativity of Jesus Christ.Given that according to the Gospel of Luke (Luke 2:22–40), forty days after the birth of Jesus, along with the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, Mary was purified according to Jewish customs, the Feast of the Purification began to be celebrated by the 5th century, and became ...
Eadmer's advocacy of a sinless Mary was probably motivated as much by the restoration of local Anglo-Saxon devotions at Canterbury as with the wider propagation of the doctrine. Around the same time, Osbert de Clare , prior of St Peter's Abbey , Westminster attempted to introduce at Westminster, the Anglo-Saxon Feast of the Conception of Mary.
Luke 1:28, in which the Archangel Gabriel greets Mary with the words, "Hail Mary, full of grace", since Mary's bodily assumption is a natural consequence of being full of grace; 1 Corinthians 15 ( 1 Corinthians 15:23 ) and Matthew 27 ( Matthew 27:52–53 ), concerning the certainty of bodily resurrection for all who have faith in Jesus.
Immaculate procession, Seville, Spain Manila Cathedral, 8 December 2023, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, Catholic church in the centre of Paris, France, 8 December 2023, procession of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The solemnity is a registered public holiday ...
It commemorates an event in the life of Jesus or Mary, or celebrates a Saint important to the whole Church or the local community. The Mass of a solemnity has proper readings and prayers, the Gloria and Credo are recited, and occasionally there will be use of incense, a processional hymn and procession, and a recessional hymn/recession.