Immaculate Conception

Each year on December 8th the Church celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. On this day we remember that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived in the womb of Saint Anne without the stain of original sin. The merits of Jesus' passion, death and resurrection which won victory over sin and death was applied to the Blessed Virgin Mary at the moment of her conception because she was chosen from the very beginning to become the Mother of God. 
In 1830 the Blessed Virgin appeared to Saint Catherine Laboure in Rue Du Bac, France and taught her this prayer: “O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee”. Later Pope Pius IX confirmed the infallibility of the Immaculate Conception on 8 December 1854. Four years later in 1858 Our Lady appears to Saint Bernadette in Lourdes, France on the Feast of the Annunciation and when Bernadette asked her who she was the Blessed Virgin said "I am the Immaculate Conception". 
May we imitate the fiat of Our Blessed Mother in saying "Yes" to Jesus to be our savior and king! O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!