Thursday, December 8, 2016

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION DECEPTION

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly,
that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
1 Timothy 4:1
"The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary has been marked in one way or the other through the centuries. The first moves to declare the conception of the Mother of God to be immaculate
came in the eighth century, but it wasn’t until 1854 that Pope Pius IX formally declared it a dogma, meaning its acceptance is a necessary belief of all Catholic faithful.
The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin,” is what the 1854 ex cathedra proclamation says.
Put in very simple terms, it means that according to Catholic teaching, Mary never sinned and that she was redeemed from sin from the moment she was conceived.
According to tradition, the Virgin herself confirmed this dogma four years later, when she appeared in the small French town of
Lourdes. When 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, prompted by the local bishop, asks the woman she saw to introduce herself, Mary allegedly said, “I’m the Immaculate Conception.”
The Immacolata feast has such importance in Italy that it’s actually a public holiday. In most countries, however, including the United States, it’s not. Yet on the Catholic calendar it’s a holy day of obligation, meaning Catholics are supposed to go to Mass." CRUX
Watch Stephen Bohr Sermon on the Immaculate DECEPTION
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ikkrDj2Kxiw?list=PLBB9393DB0C0D0D5D