The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – December 8, 2020

Love began with a dream. It was more than a dream, really… it was a plan. A plan in the mind of God that He would eventually carry out for the sake of our salvation. Something so beyond our comprehension… something that is practically inconceivable… something immaculate. Today, we celebrate the fact that Mary, the Mother of God, from the moment of her conception in the womb of her mother, was preserved from every stain of original sin by the foreseen merits of the sacrifice of her son, Jesus Christ, Who mounted the wood of the Cross for the salvation of the world. We are told as much in the collect, the opening prayer, which is heard today at the celebration of Mass:

“O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin prepared a worthy dwelling for…