Mary Our Blessed Mother – The Immaculate Conception

I will have to admit that I always thought the “Feast of the Immaculate Conception” referred to Mary to Jesus’ birth. But this particular Feast is about Mary’s birth because She also was born without original sin.

“And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:  And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.” -Luke 1:26-33

Blessed is Mary among women for She was chosen by God to bear His Son Jesus. Truly, we are Blessed that She said Yes.

The question has been asked, if Mary had said No, would Jesus still have been born?

The answer is, of course, Yes.

However, that God gave Mary a choice is truly a sign of how much God loves Mary.  The fact that She was born without original sin, shows that God already knew what Her answer would be.  God clearly loved Her in a very special way.  She was to be the Mother of His Son.  Of course He did.  God would not choose the Mother of His Son lightly.

She would need to be extraordinarily faithful.  And She would need to be amazingly loving.  And She would need to love God and be capable of great trust in God and obedience… 

That Mary Our Blessed Mother loves us all so, is a wonderful Gift.  And one I shall forever treasure 🙂

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And if any need help, Mary, Our Blessed Mother, can help point us to Him 🙂

Thank you Mary!