Today, December 8th, is a holy day of obligation*, The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.
The belief that the Virgin Mary was conceived without sin.
"No sin would touch her, so that she would be afitting and worthy vessel of the Son of God. The Immaculate Conception does not refer to the virginal conception and the birth of Christ, but rather to Mary's being conceived without inheriting Original Sin." (United States Catholic Catechism for Adults, 142-143)
*Holy day of obligation - Catholic holy days of obligation are the days on which we’re expected to go to Mass.
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