Is Mary Human? Immaculate Conception Explained

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🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

If Mary was immaculately conceived, is she really human? Did she actually have free will? Today, Dr. Sri explains the dogma of the immaculate conception and helps us understand how we can still relate to her even though she was sinless.

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Though sinless, Mary was nevertheless completely human. She laughed with her cousin Elizabeth, walked by faith with Joseph, and wept at the foot of the cross.
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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life.
0:07.0	I love this week of Advent because the Catholic Church celebrates the great
0:17.7	solemnity of Mary's Immaculate Conception but I want to raise some tough questions about this dogma. I mean if Mary was
0:25.5	immaculately conceived, is she really human? Is she really one of us? I mean she had no sin in her so is she really human and if she doesn't
0:34.8	have the stain of original sin did she even need to be saved? Did she need Jesus to
0:39.6	die for her on the cross or is redemption not really applied to her. And if Mary never
0:44.3	sinned all throughout her life she remained faithful did she even have free will?
0:48.9	Did Mary really have freedom? And most of all, how can I relate to her? I mean, Mary is
0:57.2	perfect and she is sinless. She never sinned. I sin several times every day. How can I relate to her and she's so
1:06.2	perfect and I know how many imperfections I have and how far from holiness I am?
1:11.4	How can I really relate to this woman? Here's one more.
1:16.0	I mean maybe you've wondered about this. Well don't we receive grace at baptism? I mean we
1:20.6	receive sanctifying grace at baptism and then we continue to receive
1:24.5	grace in the sacraments especially receiving Jesus in the euchress how come we're
1:28.1	not made holy and perfect like Mary maybe you've had some of these questions. Well that's what I want to talk
1:34.8	about in this week's podcast. Mary's Immaculate Conception and her humanity. Well welcome
1:41.1	to the All Things Catholic Podcast.
1:43.1	I'm your host Edwards Three, and as always a big welcome to any new listeners, but this week I know
1:48.2	there are many new listeners joining us for the first time because in this past week for the first week of
1:54.4	Advent I have done so many small group gatherings you know these online events where I
1:58.8	visit a small group and so I know a lot of you are joining us here for the first
2:02.2	time thank you for checking out the show.
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