On the Immaculate Conception

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Jean Bellgambe, St. Anne conceiving the Virgin Mary

Fr. Schall explains it all.

The Church did not first speculate about Mary and then turn to figure out who this Son of hers was. It began with the Son and worked its intellectual way backward to what His mother was and is. “Hail, Mary, full of grace.” Hints about her were found along the way.