Short Answers: Why is Mary Immaculate?

[Michie]

While listening to the Mass readings at the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the word “fruit” from the first reading (Genesis 3:9-15, 20) grabbed my attention. However, before I discuss where my mind wondered from there, we should recall the dogmatic words of Ineffabilis Deus (1854) on the Immaculate Conception:

We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.

“Fruit”​

Returning to the word “fruit,” I thought about Elizabeth’s words to Mary: “Blessed is the fruit of your womb.” Then, I thought about Jesus’s words: “For each tree is known by its own fruit.” At that moment, it occurred to me that we know Mary by her own fruit, Jesus, and that she must have been a good tree. Let me explain.

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Short Answers: Why is Mary Immaculate? - Catholic Stand

Using Jesus's words about fruit and Him being the fruit of Mary's womb, this article will explain why Mary was conceived immaculate, full of grace.

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