A Catholic Notebook: Immaculate Mary

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Immaculate Mary

Immaculate Mary, thy praises we sing;

Who reignest in splendor with Jesus our King.

Ave, ave, ave, Maria! Ave, ave, Maria!

In heaven, the blessed thy glory proclaim;

On earth we, thy children, invoke thy fair name.

Ave, ave, ave, Maria! Ave, ave, Maria!

We pray for God's glory; may His kingdom come;

We pray for His vicar, our father, and Rome.

Ave, ave, ave, Maria! Ave, ave, Maria!

We pray for our Mother, the Church upon earth,

And bless, dearest Lady, the land of our birth.

Ave, ave, ave, Maria! Ave, ave, Maria!

Today the bonds of barrenness are loosed;/ for God listened to Joachim and Anna./ He promised them - although it was beyond hope -/ that they should bear a divine child./ From this child was born incarnate the Infinite God,/ Who told the Angel to cry to her:/ Rejoice, full of grace; the Lord is with thee.
Today creation celebrates Anna’s conception which was effected by God./ For she conceived the Maiden who conceived the Word/ Who is beyond all words.
You can find wonderful information with cross indexed links at the Catholic Encycl opedia .
Here is an example -- on Doctrine.

"In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pius IX pronounced and defined that the Blessed Virgin Mary "in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original s in."