J.M.J. The
astonishing action of God in protecting Our Blessed Lady from the audacious and
reckless sin of our first parents Adam and Eve occurred precisely at the first
moment of her conception. When Mary’s father Joachim and mother Ann provided
the human matter necessary for conception, the Lord, as He always does, infused
the soul that would coalesce with the human ingredients to form Mary. And when
the beneficent Creator did so, He ensured that Mary would never experience even
the slightest stain of Original Sin.
What God
did for the very young Mary underscores the fact that human life does begin at
conception. Our Blessed Mother was not preserved from Original Sin before she
came to be. Exactly when her existence began God worked His miracle that we
gladly cherish and refer to as the “Immaculate Conception.”
We gain
much whenever we mull over the challenging, reasonable tenets of our Catholic
Faith. The Dogma of the Immaculate Conception is no exception. By meditating on
and striving to penetrate what God did for Mary, we obtain fresh insights into
the Lord’s goodness, the Virgin's holiness and human life's beauty and splendor
even in its preborn state.
Although
large sections of Western society may slight a fertilized egg as being nothing
of import—in effect, a sorry blob of tissue, nevertheless we labor under no
such error. We have no doubt as to what God thinks of a newly conceived person.
The Almighty considers a preborn child of any age and size to be dignified and
worthy of love and respect. With unspeakable love and esteem, Our Lord shielded
Mary from Original Sin promptly at the instant she blossomed into being.
The Dogma
of the Immaculate Conception is a wake-up call for our darkened and too-often
stone deaf era. We must, nurtured by God’s light and strength, finally overcome
the immense spiritual blindness surrounding us and recognize that human life is
sacred. It may not be disposed of. Innocent human life may never be attacked,
notwithstanding “just” wars, legitimate police actions meant to stem violence,
etc. Innocent human life is absolutely and always inviolable. And one day we
will be judged in part on how we have loved, nourished and guarded the weakest
among us.
The
humanity of the preborn infant is one of the numerous truths that are attached
to the mystery of the Immaculate Conception. Imagine the positive change in our
universe if all men and women were to accept the inarguable reality that
children even before their birth are our brothers and sisters. Like Mary, they,
too, are vital members of the human family; the Lord is preparing them even now
for future service in His Kingdom.
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