[Grem] *****SPAM(12.0)***** Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

 Friends, *today *we celebrate *the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary.*

*In 1854, Pope Pius IX declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception*—*the
truth that Mary, through a special grace, was preserved free from original
sin *f*rom the first moment of her conception*. Were this not the case, *the
angel* would not have r*eferred to her at the Annunciation as kecharitomene
(full of grace). *Why would God do such a thing? And wouldn’t this imply
that Mary does not need to be redeemed?

The traditional answer is that *God wanted to prepare a worthy vessel for
the reception of his Word. Just as the Holy of Holies in the temple was
kept pure and inviolate, so the true Ark of the Covenant, which is Mary
herself, should all the more be untrammeled.*

Bl. John Duns Scotus explained that *Mary is indeed redeemed by the grace
of her Son, but since that grace exists outside of time, it can be applied
in a way that transcends the ordinary rhythms of time. *Therefore,
*Mary, by a kind of preemptive strike, was delivered by Christ’s grace from
original sin. *
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