Friday, December 08, 2006

Día De La Inmaculada Concepción


El 8 también es festivo, por el Día de la Concepción - The 8th is also a holiday, for the feast of the Immaculate Conception. I always look immaculate and wondered how fat I'd be if I had a feast every day. I suppose it would get to a point that I'd be so fat I'd no longer be immaculate, would have to adopt a macrobiotic diet, get immaculate, feast, get fat. Repeat cycle.

Factoid: Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception has nothing to do with the conception of Jesus. It means that Mary herself was immaculately conceived, i.e. without original sin.

The idea is central to the belief in her absolute perfection and purity as the vessel of Christ's incarnation. She is the second Eve who will undo the trouble caused by the first one. She is part of God's plan for the redemption of humanity, and she was there from the beginning. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception did not become official Catholic dogma until 1854 but it had been passionately held by many Catholics for centuries.

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