“I am the Immaculate Conception."               -The Blessed Virgin to St. Bernadette Soubirous

For Reflection:

Read Luke 1:26. How does this passage contain the seed for the dogma of the Immaculate Conception?

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Leaders are defined by their magnanimity and humility.  They always have a dream, which they invariably transform into a vision and a mission. It is magnanimity--the striving of the spirit towards great ends--that confers this lofty state of mind.