The Immaculate Conception Explained
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Ascension
4.9 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2016
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Did you know that Mary actually knew her child would save the world? In fact, she was saved around forty-seven years before Jesus died. Fr. Mike Schmitz simplifies the complex theology behind the Immaculate Conception in this video. Using a clever analogy or two, he demonstrates how Scripture alludes to the fact that Mary was immaculately conceived, and he explains why this solemnity is so important to the Church.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Smith and this is Ascension Presents. |
| 0:10.6 | So the feast of the immaculate conception happens every December 8th, which always causes |
| 0:14.9 | people to say, wait a second, December 8th, the conception of Jesus is born on the 25th, |
| 0:20.6 | like that's only 17 days, you guys do not understand human biology, but you don't understand |
| 0:26.6 | Catholic theology because it's not about the immaculate conception of Jesus, it's about |
| 0:30.4 | the conception of Mary. |
| 0:32.4 | What? |
| 0:33.4 | Yeah, it's only true. |
| 0:34.9 | The immaculate conception declares that Mary, from the very first moment of her conception, |
| 0:40.2 | was preserved from all the stain of original sin by the merits of her son's future life |
| 0:44.5 | to have a resurrection. |
| 0:46.5 | What? |
| 0:47.5 | One of the things that means is that Jesus is Mary's savior. |
| 0:50.5 | People all say, well, what do you mean by that was without sin? |
| 0:52.8 | She even calls God my savior. |
| 0:55.4 | Well, yeah, because Jesus saved her before she got sick from original sin. |
| 1:01.0 | I remember hearing this explanation years and years ago. |
| 1:04.4 | They said, imagine this, imagine that it's worldwide epidemic. |
| 1:07.6 | This virus that was rampant and you were going to get it and if you got it, you were going |
| 1:10.8 | to die. |
| 1:11.8 | And then along came Dr. Joe Johnson and he comes up with this cure. |
| 1:16.6 | Everyone who gets injected with this cure will get healed of the disease and will live. |
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