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The archbishop of CEBU, José Palma, delivered a message of hope to the faithful at the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on Wednesday, December 8, 2020 in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We can survive,” he said in his homily. “And after that, we will revive.”
The prelate who celebrated a mass at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral in Cebu City said he has been praying for the arrival of the vaccine to the country.
Palma also told the faithful to repent.
In his homily, the archbishop was also grateful for the devotion of the faithful to Mary.
The Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic dogma, which refers to the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne, without the stain of original sin. The feast is a holy day of obligation in which Catholics generally must attend mass, according to Britannica.com.
Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854.
“The Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by singular grace and privilege of Almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin. “
In Vatican City, Pope Francis prayed the Angelus on December 8.
Concluding his catechesis before the Marian prayer, the pontiff said that one should go to confession after realizing their failures. Pope Francis then said that the difficult path of conversion is the path to becoming “holy” and “immaculate,” reported Vatican News.
“The uncontaminated beauty of our Mother is incomparable, but at the same time it attracts us. Let us entrust ourselves to her and say ‘no’ to sin and ‘yes’ to grace once and for all ”, said Pope Francis.
For Archbishop Palma, the celebration of the feast of the Immaculate Conception is a “wonderful expression” of the “great devotion of the faithful to Mother Mary.”
The faithful, said the prelate, are the most grateful for Mary when she gave birth to Jesus Christ. (KFD)
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