Happy Feast Day December 8th

"I am the Immaculate Conception" - Our Lady to St Bernadette.

Tomorrow is the 150th Anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius IX

"in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin."

AVE maris stella, Dei Mater alma, atque semper Virgo, felix caeli porta.
HAIL, O Star of the ocean, God's own Mother blest, ever sinless Virgin, gate of heav'nly rest.

Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore, funda nos in pace, mutans Hevae nomen.
Taking that sweet Ave, which from Gabriel came, peace confirm within us, changing Eve's name.

Solve vincula reis, profer lumen caecis, mala nostra pelle, bona cuncta posce.
Break the sinners' fetters, make our blindness day, Chase all evils from us, for all blessings pray.

Monstra te esse matrem: sumat per te preces, qui pro nobis natus, tulit esse tuus.
Show thyself a Mother,may the Word divine born for us, thine Infant hear our prayers through thine.

Virgo singularis, inter omnes mites, nos culpis solutos, mites fac et castos.
Virgin all excelling, mildest of the mild, free from guilt preserve us, meek and undefiled.

Vitam praesta puram, iter para tutum: ut videntes Iesum, semper collaetemur.
Keep our life all spotless, make our way secure, till we find in Jesus, joy for evermore.

Sit laus Deo Patri, summo Christo decus, Spiritui Sancto, tribus honor unus. Amen.
Praise to God the Father, honor to the Son, in the Holy Spirit, be the glory one. Amen.
Treasury of Latin Hymns