Happy Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary!

Today the Church celebrates the Blessed Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, Mary, who was conceived without sin in the womb of her mother, St. Anne. She was conceived without sin, in order to prepare herself as the intended vessel of the coming of the Lord, who was incarnate into flesh through her.

Let us all ask for her intercession, for our sake, with the words “Blessed Virgin Mary, the Immaculate Conception, who was conceived without sin, pure and immaculate, the Mother of our Lord and God Jesus Christ, pray for us sinners, and make us ever closer to your Son.”