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Principles Of The Immaculate Conception

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Immaculate Conception

Raphaella Henson-Vendrell
Ms.O’Connor
P5 Orange
“I have upheld the intent and principles of the Paul VI Academic Honor Code while completing this assignment.”

The Immaculate Conception is the birth of Mary without sin. Many people confuse this with Mary conceiving Jesus without sin but that is the perpetual virginity of Mary. “To become the mother of the Savior, Mary "was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role” (CCC, 490). This quote is saying that for Mary to give birth to our savior, Jesus Christ, she herself had to be born with gifts from God. She had to born free from sin and full of grace meaning she had to be full of the gifts that God has given her. “The angel Gabriel at the moment of the annunciation salutes her as "full of grace" ( CCC, 132). To further explain what I mean that she was “full of grace”, this quote explains when she was visited by the Angel Gabriel with the message that of conceiving Jesus, he first greeted her as “full of grace”. Therefore she was truly born free from any sin and with the gifts from God. We honor the birth of Mary with such respect and jubilation as we do with the birth of Jesus because not only is she the mother of Jesus, she was the first one to be born without sin since Adam and Eve. “The Church made it clear indeed that the conception of Mary is to be venerated as something extraordinary, wonderful, eminently holy, and different from the conception of all other human beings”

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