Tag: Feast of the Immaculate Conception

  • December 8, 2011, Gospel

    The Feast of the Immaculate Conception The Holy Gospel According to Luke   1: 26-38 1:26 Then, in the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was sent by God, to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 1:27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of…

  • December 8, 2011, Second Reading

    The Feast of the Immaculate Conception The Letter of  Saint Paul to the Ephesians   1: 3-6, 11-12 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, in Christ, 1:4 just as he chose us in him before the foundation of…

  • December 8, 2011, First Reading

    The Feast of the Immaculate Conception A Reading From the Book of Genesis     3: 9-15, 20 3:9 And the Lord God called Adam and said to him: “Where are you?” 3:10 And he said, “I heard your voice in Paradise, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and so I hid myself.” 3:11 He…

  • It’s the Immaculate Conception of MARY

    …Not Jesus! A friend of ours once thanked us for his winning a prize at a play that included audience interaction. It was Nunsense or something similar in which an actress–playing a nun–asked about the Immaculate Conception. Something like: who was immaculately conceived? He was one of many Catholics in the audience and was the…