SOLEMNITY of the
IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION
December 8
Sing to the Lord a new
song,
for He has
done marvelous deeds. - Psalm 98:1
Lift
your heart in joy and exalt Him Laud the glorious
Conception
In the Blessed Sacrament all Holy, supernal Of the Queen in God's Kingdom
In the Blessed Sacrament all Holy, supernal Of the Queen in God's Kingdom
Where
the Lord, His glory veiling, Who remaining Virgin
stainless,
Comforts souls true and lowly. Bore for men the Word eternal.
Comforts souls true and lowly. Bore for men the Word eternal.
Alabado, sung after Benediction
The Immaculate
Conception ~ Diego Velazquez
Excerpt: Homily, St Patrick's Cathedral
- 8 Dec 1996 - John Cardinal
O'Connor...
"Today is
the date of the Immaculate Conception, the eighth of
December...Mary was made immaculate, conceived without any trace of sin because
she was going to be the co-creator of the humanity of Christ. She was going to
be, as God the Father was the Creator, the re-creator of the human race with
Christ. She was going to be the tabernacle in which Christ would be
conceived.
We cannot now, of course, be conceived without original sin.
But the more we can purify ourselves through the Sacrament of
Penance, through our own penances, through trying to observe the Commandments
and keeping close to Christ, then the more fitting we become as tabernacles of the Eucharist.
All of this requires an effort, perhaps for some an
unaccustomed effort. St
Augustine
"How I wept, deeply moved
by your hymns, songs, and the voices that echoed through your Church! What emotion I experienced in them! Those sounds
flowed through my ears, distilling the Truth in my heart. A feeling of
devotion surged within me and the
tears streamed down my face - tears that did me good."
May that be our experience in this Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass.
Incl Brief overview - What is the IC? YouTube
O fairest Virgin Mary, intercede for
us!
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