An Angel, Announced the Birth of Mother Mary

Today DEC. 8TH we celebrate 

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE 

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 

With GOD and FAITH all things are possible... 
On December 8, we honor Mary, the 

Mother of Jesus Christ. 

We Celebrate: Her Immaculate Conception, which means she was conceived without sin... 

The Catholic Church believes Mother Mary was conceived without sin at the time of her conception. 

St. Ann and St Joachim were her parents... 

They were elder and childless...  But because of their strong FAITH, an answer to their prayer was given to them.

They both prayed for a child and were blessed with Our Heavenly Mother, Mary... 

"Traditional account and legends"

"Information concerning their lives and names is found in the 2nd-century Protevangelium of James (“First Gospel of James”) and the 3rd-century Evangelium de nativitate Mariae (“Gospel of the Nativity of Mary”). According to these noncanonical sources, Anne (Hebrew: Ḥannah) was born in Bethlehem in Judaea. She married Joachim, and, although they shared a wealthy and devout life at Nazareth, they eventually lamented their childlessness. Joachim, reproached at the Temple for his sterility, retreated into the countryside to pray, while Anne, grieved by his disappearance and by her barrenness, solemnly promised God that, if given a child, she would dedicate it to the Lord’s service. 

Both St. Anne and St. Joachim 

received the vision of... 

an angel,  who announced that St. Anne would conceive 

and bear a most wondrous child. 

The couple rejoiced at the birth of their daughter, whom Anne named Mary. When the child was three years old, Joachim and Anne, in fulfillment of her divine promise, brought Mary to the Temple of Jerusalem, where they left her to be brought up."

Site Reference: Saints Anne and Joachim

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Hail Mary, Full of Grace,

The Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women,

and blessed is the fruit

of thy womb, Jesus. 

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners now,

and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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