J.M.J. Happy Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception, which is the Patronal Feast of the United States of America.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, which is available at www.newadvent.org, states the meaning of this Dogma clearly and succinctly:
"In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pius IX pronounced and defined that the Blessed Virgin Mary 'in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin.'"
V. O Mary, conceived without Original Sin,
R. Pray for us who have recourse to Thee.
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