Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Monday, December 9th Holy Day of Obligation
Mass times: 8:30 AM, 7:30 PM
Note: There is No Vigil Mass at Saint Clare’s church on Sunday, December 8th.
Novena November 29th – December 7th 7:30 PM Prayers in English & Italian
In anticipation that she was to bear the Son of God, Mary was preserved from the time of her conception from Original Sin. We call this the Immaculate Conception. No sin would touch her, so that she would be a fitting and worthy vessel of the Son of God. The Immaculate Conception does not refer to the virginal conception and birth of Christ, but rather to Mary’s being conceived without inheriting Original Sin.
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
