The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Tomorrow, Dec 8, 2010 the Catholic Church will celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. This special feast day celebrates that dogma that Mary was preserved from the stain of original sin from the first moment of her conception. Mary is, as she related to St. Bernadette in Lourdes, I am The Immaculate Conception.

Hail Mary, full of grace.
The  Lord is with thee.                                                                             
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.



Oh Mary, Conceived without sin, pray for us sinners who have recourse to thee- pray three times.