Monday, December 9, 2019

A Yes supported by divine love (Pope Benedict XVI)


    The dogma of the Immaculate Conception has this as its sole significance:  that no human being can set in motion salvation by their own powers alone, but that their Yes is wrapped around and supported by that divine love which comes first and before all else.

--Pope Benedict XVI

Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception!
(celebrated this year on December 9th 
because the 8th falls on a Sunday in Advent)

Image source:  Marc Chagall, The Madonna of the Village (1938-1942), https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/12/07/immaculate-conception-why-must-mary-be-sinless

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