December 8 - Immaculate Conception
(Gn.3:9-15,20; Ps.98:1-4; Eph.1:3-6,11-12; Lk.1:26-38) "He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before Him." And she is the sign of such preservation from evil. "Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you." And so the Virgin Mother is greeted by the power of the Most High. So she is called – "full of grace" is her title. She whom all generations will call blessed is revealed in this simple greeting as having "found favor with God." And so, "the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God," the Son of her who has been preserved by grace…
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