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December 8th marks the feast of the Immaculate Conception. It celebrates an important point of Catholic teaching, and it is a holy day of obligation. Here are 8 things you need to know about the teaching and the way we celebrate it.
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 8 December, nine months before the feast of the Nativity of Mary on 8 September. It is one of the most important Marian feasts in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church.
Date: December 8. Type of Feast: Solemnity; Holy Day of Obligation. Readings: Genesis 3:9-15, 20; Psalm 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12; Luke 1:26-38 (full text) Prayers: Prayers for December (the Month of the Immaculate Conception)
A spokesperson for Bishop Paprocki’s Diocese of Springfield confirmed to CatholicVote that the Diocese is observing the feast of the Immaculate Conception as a holy day of obligation. Other dioceses, such as that of Youngstown, Ohio, have confirmed to the faithful that they must attend Mass on December 9.
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a time to celebrate the great joy of God’s gift to humanity in Mary, and to recognize with greater clarity, the truth that each and every...
The Immaculate Conception indicates that Our Lady was preserved from the penalty of original sin from the moment of her conception. The Virgin Birth means that Jesus was conceived and born, not of man, but by the Holy Spirit.
In 1846, the bishops of the United States asked Mary to watch over our country and its people in a special way. They also chose one particular title and feast of Mary—her Immaculate Conception. The title of the Immaculate Conception recognizes Mary’s privilege of coming into the world free from sin.
The feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated on December 8 and is usually a holy day of obligation (on which Catholics are required to attend mass).
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception, celebrated on December 8th, is a significant day in the Catholic Church. This feast commemorates the belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was conceived without the stain of original sin and lived her life free of sin.
Under the title of the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Virgin is the patron of the United States. Thus this is a major feast—in fact a Holy Day of Obligation—for the Church in the United States of America.