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Feast of the Immaculate Conception….a post which should have been done yesterday

Priest: Today we celebrate the conception of Jesus in the womb of Mary, right?

People: YES

Priest: WRONG!!!!!! Today we celebrate the conception of Mary in the womb of Ann, her mother.

Since Mary is our mother, Ann and Joachim are our grandparents… yea!?!? Okay…

Anyway what is really learned today was a new Greek phrase called Kytro Mene(sp??) which means, Hail who has been made perfect already (past tense)- this is equivalent to Latin Ave Maria gratia plena, Hail Mary full of grace. The Greek sounds better because this verse in the Bible has been kinda lost in translate over the years. But anyway, this is living proof in the Bible if other denominations ask where this feast came from. Well it says right here in the old Greek, when the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary saying Hail Mary, who is full of grace, the Lord is with thee. How does this related? Well according to a Greek scholar says Father, when the angel appeared he was the one bowing to Mary. Usually when the angels appeared to the prophets it was the prophets who were faced down in the glory and splendor of the heavenly being. But in this case since Mary is blessed without sin whatsoever, the angel was bowing down to her NOT in worship but out of respect. Just as would any person would greet a king or queen, you would bow or curtsy. And in this case the angel curtsied per say to the Virgin Mary, giving her respect that She has been made perfect for the first ‘home” or tabernacle of Jesus in her womb.

The Church made this feast day in the 1854 a few years before the apparition at Lourdes, France. In this year 1854, the Church made this the idea of the Immaculate Conception a dogma, meaning having Scripture evidence and first hand accounts from the apostles and early church fathers. Other evidence points to Jesus being the Son of God and Mary, however would God the Father allow His only begotten Son to be born of a woman with sin. I think not. So therefore, God created Mary sinless from the beginning of her conception in the womb of Ann so that a true, clean and holy dwelling place was made perfect for Jesus. When our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette, she confirmed the feast day by saying “I am the Immaculate Conception.” (1858)

Another supplemental “homily” per say for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception hahaha

Things to remember…

English- Full of grace

Tagalog- Napupuno nang grasya

Latin- Gratia Plena

Greek- Kytro Mene ­– she who has been perfected already (past tense) I say past tense because it was done already by God at Mary’s conception, so she is the Immaculate Conception

Other words to know and acronyms for them

+ AMDG- Ad Majorem Dei Gloria = For the Greater Glory of God

+ AMDGH – Ad Majorem Dei Gloria et Honor = For the Greater Glory and Honor of God

Sometimes you see this sign on some churches or vestments A and M overlapping each other

We, even me, before thought it was a symbol for Ave Maria, BUT it is wrong. It is actually Latin for Auspice Mariam, which means “under the care/help of Mary” now you know the correct one.

So yea that is all…. I felt like I wanted to post here but I had nothing funny to blog about. Most of these I was laughing hysterically loud in my own room just reading these posts. Hahaha

Well this one was informative and now you know, you’re a better Catholic than before. Will said just post so here it is.

Peace be with you….Pax Vobis…