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As a young girl, I somehow got the impression that Catholics held the monopoly on the Blessed Virgin Mary. After all, we're the ones who set aside feast days like today, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. As a kid, some of my local Protestant friends scoffed at Mary, thinking erroneously that we Catholics worshipped her, or somehow deified her. As it turns out, both points of view were suffering from a profound tunnel vision. How much I had to learn, both of Mary, and of the genuine esteem and interest that other faith traditions held for her, whose life and destiny exemplified both the love and the glory of God. Today, the Catholic Church, indeed, celebrates Mary, the Immaculate Conception, officially promulgated in 1854 by Pope Pius IX. The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin.(Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus, 1854) But the seeds of this dogma are found much earlier than 1854. In fact Pope Pius IX was just affirming what was already grounded in Sacred Scripture. To begin with, there is the familiar story of the Annunciation to Mary in the first chapter of Luke's gospel. And the angel . said unto her: "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." (Luke 1:28, Douay-Rheims version) Mary's person is declared to be full of grace in this verse. She is singled out from the rest of humanity. Her ontological nature or her being—her very existence—is full of grace according to God's Word on the lips of the Angel. This makes Mary unique. One-of-a-kind. Pure. Immaculate. "Blessed . Mary's Immaculate Conception reveals the love and the glory of God, and her being and magnificent life is God's masterpiece in Creation. Mary is the recipient of God's extraordinary love and highest praise as shown through the message of the Angel. What is accomplished in Mary points to the glory of God. Her role in human history, and ultimately, salvation history, has meaning for us all. Her life is intimately acquainted with every member of the Trinity: Mary is the faithful Daughter of the Father, the loving Mother to the Son, and the fruitful Spouse of the Holy Spirit. What's more, Mary's way of life is a beacon for many people, even those who do not ascribe to the Catholic Christian tradition. She is a spiritual mother to millions of children around the globe: Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and Muslim. One example of this blessedness of the Virgin Mary is found in the conversations and ongoing work within the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Its mission brings together scholars, clerics, and laity interested in finding Mary as point of union and connection, rather than division. The Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (ESBVM) exists to advance the study at various levels of the place of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Church, under Christ and of related theological questions; and in the light of such study to promote ecumenical devotion. Its aim is to show that, in the Blessed Virgin Mary, Christians of many traditions may find a focus in their search for unity. (Taken from the ESBVM website) In the book Mary, For the Love and Glory of God: Essays on Mary and Ecumenism(AuthorHouse, 2011),one finds a variety of essays by scholars within the ESBVM, that were presented at its International Congress held in Pittsburgh in 2008. I recently spoke to co-editors Virginia Kimball, STD (a member of the theology faculty at Assumption College, and President of the ESBVM-USA), and Maura Hearden, Ph.D. (a member of the theology faculty of DeSales University). Both were enthusiastic in reaching out beyond their scholarly circles with the message of Mary as a rallying point for God's children on earth. Dr. Virginia Kimball notes, this book represents a wealth of wisdom, the latest in a series of books from the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, founded in the wake of Vatican II.
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BEZGRJEŠNO ZAČEĆE BLAŽENE DJEVICE MARIJE – svetkovina je kojom se slavi povlastica Isusove Majke: oslobođena je ljage istočnog grijeha te je puna milosti dobivenih od Boga živjela život posve bez grijeha. Na Mariju nije prešao, istočni (od glagola “isteći”), praroditeljski grijeh. Bog ju je od “istočnog grijeha” sačuvao već u krilu njezine majke Ane i to zato što ju je tako unaprijed odabrao da bude majka Isusu Kristu. Radi se, dakle, o jednoj duhovnoj stvarnosti, otajstvu, i članku vjere. Blagdan Bezgrješnog Začeća Blažene Djevice Marije, slavi se 8. prosinca. Utemeljio ga je papa Siksto IV. 1476. g. Istina o tom Bezgrešnom začeću Marijinu u utrobi njezine majke sv. Ane, a koje je došlo naravnom bračnom ljubavlju njezinih roditelja (sv. Joakima i sv. Ane), stoljećima je bila predmet slobodnog teološkog proučavanja. Dogmu o Marijinom bezgrješnom začeću je svečano proglasio, papa Pio IX. u poslanici “Ineffabilis Deus”, (Neizrecivi Bog) 8. prosinca 1854. g. prema kojoj “Posebnom milošću i povlasticom svemogućeg Boga, zbog predviđenih zasluga Isusa Krista, Spasitelja ljudskog roda, blažena Djevica Marija bila je izuzeta od svake ljage istočnog grijeha”. Bog je stvorio Mariju za spasenje čovječanstva jer je htio da Spasitelj bude »Sin Čovječji«. Sav je Marijin život od njenoga stvaranja i začeća u utrobi njene majke Ane usmjeren na Krista. Ona je od Boga odabrana i puninom Božje milosti obdarena. Zato nad njom ni sjena najmanjega grijeha nije vladala. Ona je bez grijeha začeta, bez grijeha rođena i bez grijeha živjela. Bezgrješna Djevica Marija je slika sv. Crkve i svakoga kršćanina. Ona označuje i daje smisao i našemu životu, a to je: otrgnuti se vlasti zla i grijeha i ući u zajedništvo Božje ljubavi. I mi se sakramentom sv. Krštenja kao i Marija pridružujemo Isusu Kristu i tako iz zajedništva zla i grijeha, ulazimo u zajedništvo ljubavi s Bogom i s ljudima. To je naš prijelaz iz grijeha u život s Bogom koji se treba ostvarivati i dovršavati cijeloga našega života. Lik Bezgrješne Djevice Marije je najveći znak potpune i savršene ljubavi i darivanja sama sebe Bogu i ljudima. U tom potpunom predanju u ljubavi Bogu i ljudima se sastoji sve blaženstvo Marijino po nauci Otaca sv. Crkve. Bezgrješna Djevica Marija poučava i nas ljude sadašnjega vremena da svaki onaj koji želi ući u otajstvo Otkupljenja Kristova mora se potpuno staviti u službu Bogu i ljudima u božanskom planu spasenja ljudskoga roda. Crkvi i svijetu nisu potrebne prazne riječi niti oni koji žele uvijek biti na prvom mjestu i drugima gospodariti, već onakvi koji kao Marija u jednostavnosti i poniznosti svakidašnjeg života žele služiti Bogu i braći ljudima. Marija je primjer zreli i savršeni kreposti i vrlina koje su iz dana u dan rasle u neprestanoj ljubavi prema Bogu i u dobrim djelima prema bližnjemu. Stoga Marija poziva i nas svoju djecu da se i mi u ljubavi potpuno predamo dragome Bogu kao i Ona pokoravajući se u svemu svetoj volji Oca nebeskoga tako da joj budemo što sličniji ovdje na zemlji i da s Njome jednoga dana na koncu našega života možemo ući u nebesko kraljevstvo. Blagdan Bezgrešnog Začeća, stoga, nije samo proslavljenje, naklonosti Božje prema budućoj Majci svoga Sina, već također slobodne i pune njezine suradnje u tom Božjem planu. Marija je »puna milosti« ne samo zato što ju je Bog takvom učinio, nego i zato što je ona tu »milost« dobrovoljno i potpuno prihvatila i surađivala da bi ta milost donijela najobilatije plodove u njezinu životu. Zato današnji blagdan Bezgrešnog Začeća budi u našem srcu nostalgiju za »izgubljenim rajem« u kojem Marija je oduvijek ostala i ona poziva sve nas djecu svoju da idemo istim putem kojim je i sama išla da bi mogli doći k njoj u slavu Božju, u slavu vječnoga života u kraljevstvu nebeskomu.