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December 8th is a Holy Day
of Obligation in the United States, a day on which we celebrate the Immaculate
Conception of the Virgin Mary (the Immaculate Conception has been, since 1846,
the Patroness of the United States). Note that it is she, Mary herself,
who is the Immaculate Conception; the day does not refer to Mary's conceiving
Jesus by the Holy Ghost, but to the conception of Mary in the womb of her
mother, St. Anne, by Mary's father, St. Joachim. What makes her conception
immaculate is not that she was conceived by the Holy Ghost of a virgin, as was
Christ Our Lord, but that from the very moment of her conception, she was filled
with grace by God, Who knew, in His omniscience, that she would say "yes" to the
Angel Gabriel and become the Mother of the Savior. Exactly nine months from now,
on September 8, we will celebrate Mary's birthday. As noted, the Immaculate Conception is the Patroness of the United States. Given the antics of the current administration, the unthinking votes of so many Catholics, and the current treatment of Christians in general, you have to wonder how Mary can bear the sadness this must bring to her heart. I'm sure she is gathering the millions of souls from the legally murdered babies through abortion to her arms but sheds many tears over the future these unwanted children could have brought to the world. The Blessed Mother knows what it is like to watch a Son die through no fault of her own. How much worse it is to watch other mothers pay to have their unborn killed. |
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