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Immaculate Heart of Mary. (Zvonimir Atletic via www.shutterstock.com)

Mary said “Yes!” to the incarnation, demonstrating her great love of God, and her life was a continual repetition of that fiat. In the striking thought of St Augustine, Mary conceived the Word in her heart before she conceived him in her womb.

By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, Catholic World Report, June 17, 2023

Donald Jacob Uitvlugt writes from Conway, AR. You can find some of his theological musings at “Drops of Mercy”.

Today the Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The feasts, solemnities, and memorials of the Church year are not holidays the way the secular word understands the term—they are holy days, and they are holy in at least two senses. First, they are holy because they are remembrances of the saving acts of God in the life of Christ and the saints. They give us an opportunity to consecrate time, to set it apart as an offering of thanksgiving and praise to the Most Holy Trinity.

But Christian remembrance is not a mere mental rehearsal of the past. Because Christ is God, it took His actions in His life on earth and His actions in the members of His Mystical Body up into the eternity of God. …

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