of Mercy (Abyssinia) - Shrove Tuesday Pope asks Mary Immaculate to watch over Rome Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in Rome’s Piazza di Spagna on December 8 [...] morning, on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Father went to the Spanish Steps for an act of veneration in private to Mary Immaculate,” the press office said. “At

Our Lady of the Annunciation (Italy, 1470) A short meditation on the Immaculate Conception It was the Holy Spirit who made the Immaculate Conception possible, and Mary in a sense took His name, a little like

reparation were requested to atone for the five ways in which people offend the Immaculate Heart of Mary: - attacks upon Mary's Immaculate Conception - attacks against her Perpetual Virginity - attacks upon her [...] February 13 - Sister Lucia, last Fatima seer (d. 2005) First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (II) Christians have always honored Our Lady on Saturday because of her constant faith in [...] who try to publicly implant in children's hearts indifference, contempt and even hatred of the Immaculate Mother - for those who insult her directly in her sacred images.

portion of the Seamless Garment First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (I) The First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary was first mentioned by Our Lady of Fatima on July [...] seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart in the world. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace

September 6 - Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1553) The Birth of the Immaculate Today, according to prophecy, David’s sceptre blossomed; Aaron’s ever-green branch produced Christ, our Branch of strength. Today

of Blessed Bartolo Longo to the Countess of Fusco (1885) May Your Immaculate Steps Open the Way of Purity and Peace! O Mary, Immaculate Mother of Jesus, my tender Mother, Queen of the Holy Rosary, you who [...] and your child who loves you and calls you “Mother of Mercy”! Listen to my complaints: may your immaculate steps open the way of purity and peace for me. How sweet is the softness of your voice in my ears

October 21 – Our Lady of Europe Immaculate Conception: What does it mean? (II) What God says, He does. The exceptional grace that God gave to Mary was the ability to say a perfectly free yes when He asked [...] escaped the mark of original sin. But to God nothing is impossible. Mary is filled with grace; the Immaculate Conception is an absolutely free gift from God. This is what Catholics believe. Protestants have [...] were God. No Catholic or Orthodox believes this. They simply believe that Mary is All Pure, All Immaculate, and has been so from the moment of her conception, because this privilege was a gift from God

October 31 – Pius XII consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1942) The Immaculate Conception compared to a vaccine It is worth mentioning that dogma is defined when it is disputed, not [...] through His death and resurrection, is the ‘cure’ for those already born with the disease of sin. The Immaculate Conception is more akin to how a vaccine is taken before having any exposure to the disease. Some [...] grace alone . To produce a sinless Savior in her womb, there is no necessity involved with the Immaculate Conception, but it is fitting within the means God chose to come down to earth. God, in His omnipotence

October 20 - Consecration of Portugal to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (1646) Immaculate Conception: What does it mean? (I) The Immaculate Conception is one of the main reasons why some Protestants [...] belief, albeit under a slightly different name: The "All Pure." Protestants should realize that the Immaculate Conception is in conformity with Scripture. Of course it was not Mary’s own doing! It was a gift

Kolbe, martyr (d. 1941 in Auschwitz) - Madonna del Sasso (Locarno, Switzerland, 1480) Mary is the Immaculate Conception Who is the Holy Spirit? The flowering of the love of the Father and the Son. If the [...] their divine existence. The Spirit is, then this thrice holy “conception,” this infinitely holy, Immaculate Conception… The creature most completely filled with this love, filled with God himself, was the