December: The Immaculate Conception
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“I am the Immaculate Conception…”
This is the title Our Lady chose when she revealed her identity to St. Bernadette at Lourdes.
Only four years before, Pope Pius IX had proclaimed the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary—that is, her preservation from sin from the moment of her conception—as a dogma of the Church.
The Church holds this doctrine in such esteem that we celebrate it as a Holy Day of Obligation on December 8th.
Why did God preserve His Mother from sin? Why is this dogma so critical to understanding who Mary is and the role she plays in our salvation? How does it increase our own love for her? What special meaning does it have for us as American Catholics?
Meditating on Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception is a marvelous preparation for the coming feast of Christmas. Fr. Tim Oudenhoven of the Marian Messengers apostolate is your guide to this rich and essential doctrine. Join him for this month’s edition of A Year of Devotions!
What Is A Year of Devotions?
Throughout the year, the Church offers us not only her glorious feast days, but entire months of devotion built around those feasts.
By means of these devotions, she nourishes and enriches our faith, pours out special graces upon our souls, and lifts our minds to the contemplation and love of the eternal truths of our Faith.
Here at Good Catholic, we want to bring you the monthly devotions of the Church in all their beauty and splendor. So we partnered with some of your favorite Good Catholic contributors to bring you a monthly mini-series introducing you to each and every one of these devotions.
How Does A Year of Devotions Work?
Throughout 2024, we’ll be releasing one mini-series a month focused on that month’s devotion. Each mini-series will consist of five 6-12 minute videos from a priest-contributor.
We won’t be sending you reminder emails as with our other series—you’ll have access to all five videos at once and you can go at your own pace. Watch a video a day, a video a week, or just go ahead and binge watch them all at once!
One thing to note is that you must subscribe to each month individually. We’ll have the current month’s mini-series listed at the top of our Series page and other months listed at the bottom. Check out the full calendar of topics below!
Series Contributors
Fr. Tim Oudenhoven
Fr. Tim Oudenhoven is a priest of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin. He is the founder and director of the Marian Messengers, an apostolate dedicated to spreading devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe through missions, retreats, and talks.
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