Day 6 of Shred and The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
On December 8th, the church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. This year it falls on Sunday so the observance has been transferred to Monday.
(Source: http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.aspx?id=1223)
A feast called the Conception of Mary arose in the Eastern Church in the seventh century. It came to the West in the eighth century. In the 11th century it received its present name, the Immaculate Conception. In the 18th century it became a feast of the universal Church. It is now recognized as a solemnity.
In 1854, Pius IX solemnly proclaimed: “The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant 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.”
It took a long time for this doctrine to develop. While many Fathers and Doctors of the Church considered Mary the greatest and holiest of the saints, they often had difficulty in seeing Mary as sinless—either at her conception or throughout her life. This is one of the Church teachings that arose more from the piety of the faithful than from the insights of brilliant theologians. Even such champions of Mary as Bernard (August 20) and Thomas Aquinas (January 28) could not see theological justification for this teaching.
Two Franciscans, William of Ware and Blessed John Duns Scotus, helped develop the theology. They point out that Mary’s Immaculate Conception enhances Jesus’ redemptive work. Other members of the human race are cleansed from original sin after birth. In Mary, Jesus’ work was so powerful as to prevent original sin at the outset.
Comment:
In Luke 1:28 the angel Gabriel, speaking on God’s behalf, addresses Mary as “full of grace” (or “highly favored”). In that context this phrase means that Mary is receiving all the special divine help necessary for the task ahead. However, the Church grows in understanding with the help of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit led the Church, especially non-theologians, to the insight that Mary had to be the most perfect work of God next to the Incarnation. Or rather, Mary’s intimate association with the Incarnation called for the special involvement of God in Mary’s whole life. The logic of piety helped God’s people to believe that Mary was full of grace and free of sin from the first moment of her existence. Moreover, this great privilege of Mary is the highlight of all that God has done in Jesus. Rightly understood, the incomparable holiness of Mary shows forth the incomparable goodness of God.
(Source: http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.aspx?id=1223)
A feast called the Conception of Mary arose in the Eastern Church in the seventh century. It came to the West in the eighth century. In the 11th century it received its present name, the Immaculate Conception. In the 18th century it became a feast of the universal Church. It is now recognized as a solemnity.
In 1854, Pius IX solemnly proclaimed: “The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant 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.”
It took a long time for this doctrine to develop. While many Fathers and Doctors of the Church considered Mary the greatest and holiest of the saints, they often had difficulty in seeing Mary as sinless—either at her conception or throughout her life. This is one of the Church teachings that arose more from the piety of the faithful than from the insights of brilliant theologians. Even such champions of Mary as Bernard (August 20) and Thomas Aquinas (January 28) could not see theological justification for this teaching.
Two Franciscans, William of Ware and Blessed John Duns Scotus, helped develop the theology. They point out that Mary’s Immaculate Conception enhances Jesus’ redemptive work. Other members of the human race are cleansed from original sin after birth. In Mary, Jesus’ work was so powerful as to prevent original sin at the outset.
Comment:
In Luke 1:28 the angel Gabriel, speaking on God’s behalf, addresses Mary as “full of grace” (or “highly favored”). In that context this phrase means that Mary is receiving all the special divine help necessary for the task ahead. However, the Church grows in understanding with the help of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit led the Church, especially non-theologians, to the insight that Mary had to be the most perfect work of God next to the Incarnation. Or rather, Mary’s intimate association with the Incarnation called for the special involvement of God in Mary’s whole life. The logic of piety helped God’s people to believe that Mary was full of grace and free of sin from the first moment of her existence. Moreover, this great privilege of Mary is the highlight of all that God has done in Jesus. Rightly understood, the incomparable holiness of Mary shows forth the incomparable goodness of God.
Quote:
“[Mary] gave to the world the Life that renews all things, and she was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role. “It is no wonder, then, that the usage prevailed among the holy Fathers whereby they called the mother of God entirely holy and free from all stain of sin, fashioned by the Holy Spirit into a kind of new substance and new creature. Adorned from the first instant of her conception with the splendors of an entirely unique holiness, the Virgin of Nazareth is, on God’s command, greeted by an angel messenger as ‘full of grace’ (cf. Luke 1:28). To the heavenly messenger she replies: ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to thy word’ (Luke 1:38)” (Vatican II, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 56).
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Day 6 of Raw Shred
16 oz water with some lemon
2 oz fresh wheat grass juice
mug of organic coffee with 1 tsp coconut sugar
16 oz lemon water
Work out:
Fitness Blender's Upper Body and Cardio Workout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGtWy3_9qVo&feature=endscreen&NR=1
16 oz lemon water
Next I did a 24 min HIIT routine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS7XkoGmhXQ
First meal of the day:
“[Mary] gave to the world the Life that renews all things, and she was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role. “It is no wonder, then, that the usage prevailed among the holy Fathers whereby they called the mother of God entirely holy and free from all stain of sin, fashioned by the Holy Spirit into a kind of new substance and new creature. Adorned from the first instant of her conception with the splendors of an entirely unique holiness, the Virgin of Nazareth is, on God’s command, greeted by an angel messenger as ‘full of grace’ (cf. Luke 1:28). To the heavenly messenger she replies: ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to thy word’ (Luke 1:38)” (Vatican II, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 56).
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Day 6 of Raw Shred
16 oz water with some lemon
2 oz fresh wheat grass juice
mug of organic coffee with 1 tsp coconut sugar
16 oz lemon water
Work out:
Fitness Blender's Upper Body and Cardio Workout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGtWy3_9qVo&feature=endscreen&NR=1
16 oz lemon water
Next I did a 24 min HIIT routine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS7XkoGmhXQ
First meal of the day:
Wild Blueberry Soup
by Elizabeth @ rawlivingandlearning.blogspot.com
1 C wild blueberries
4 bananas
water
2 C Dino kale
2 T Organic India fiber
1 large pear, diced
Blend all of the ingredients into a smooth soup. Pour into a bowl and top with diced pears.
Second Meal of the Day:
I made a large romaine salad filled with red peppers, cucumbers, mushrooms, and tomato. I drizzled on some ACV in which I dissolved a tiny amount of coconut nectar to sweeten a bit.
+JMJ+ Today I am grateful for the love of Our Blessed Mother and for her protective prayers.
Second Meal of the Day:
I made a large romaine salad filled with red peppers, cucumbers, mushrooms, and tomato. I drizzled on some ACV in which I dissolved a tiny amount of coconut nectar to sweeten a bit.
+JMJ+ Today I am grateful for the love of Our Blessed Mother and for her protective prayers.
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