MANILA, Philippines—December 8 is the day to celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, but there are people who still regard the celebration as the day the Blessed Virgin
Take the case of one nincompoop Twitter user, who asked this: “, through the Ateneo de Manila University, explained that every Dec. 8, “we mark the day of the beginning of the life of Mary in the womb of her mother, St. Anne, nine months before her birthday on Sept. 8.”But why is the conception called “immaculate”?
“It was so that her Son would not inherit original sin, and being sinless, he could offer himself for the sins of all humanity,” the congregation said last Dec. 5 as it explained why the Catholic Church celebrates Mary’s conception on her mother’s womb. The CNA, stating what the Council of Lateran had stressed, said the Blessed Virgin conceived “without any detriment to her virginity, which remained inviolate even after his birth.”The doctrine of the Assumption was proclaimed on Nov. 1, 1950 by then Pope Pius XII in his encyclical “Munificentissimus Deus,” stressing that Mary was elevated or assumed into heaven by the power and grace of God.
That law, which made Dec. 8 as a special non-working holiday, originated from the House of Representatives. The House and Senate bills were passed on May 12, 2017 and Dec. 11, 2017, respectively. Based on the Catholic Directory in 1975, there are 463 parishes in the Philippines that have Mary as patroness. This, even without counting the thousands of chapels, religious oratories or private shrines dedicated to her.
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