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Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Conception

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
By Anonymous
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You certainly know how many people (including many Catholics) think the name of this feast refers to Our Lady's virginity.  Attending the Mass today, I got to wonder who and why had chosen the Gospel reading:  it is about the Annunciation, and the key part of it is Mary's question about how She can conceive without the participation of a man, and the Messenger's reassurance. 

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In other words, the Gospel is not about the conception of Mary but about the conception of Jesus,  Perhaps the highly positioned churchmen who chose today's (Dec. 8) Gospel text were guided by the popular understandimg instead of by their theology?

 

 

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By Jeffrey Pinyan (not verified) on Tuesday, December 29, 2009

"I got to wonder who and why had chosen the Gospel reading: it is about the Annunciation, and the key part of it is Mary's question..."

The FIRST part of the Annunciation is the greeting of Mary as "full of grace", which is the consequence of her being immaculately conceived.

"In other words, the Gospel is not about the conception of Mary but about the conception of Jesus..."

Because we have no record in Scripture of Mary's conception.

"Perhaps the highly positioned churchmen who chose today's (Dec. 8) Gospel text were guided by the popular understandimg instead of by their theology?"

Highly unlikely. The Solemnity is celebrated on the day (Dec. 8) on which the dogma was solemnly pronounced, and I'd expect the person or persons responsible for crafting the propers for this Solemnity did so almost immediately after the pronouncement, and were well aware of what the dogma is and is not about.

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