2006-11-12 10:16:02 · 9 answers · asked by wiganb 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mary was referring to her own birth. It's easy to confuse the two terms, but Immaculate Conception refers to the fact that Mary, although her parents were two ordinary people, was conceived without original sin. Jesus' birth is referred to as the Virgin Birth, which just means that Mary was a virgin.
2006-11-12 14:54:01 · answer #1 · answered by Katie A 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Herself. In St. Bernadette's own words:
"I went every day for a fortnight, and each day I asked her who she was–and this petition always made her smile. After the fortnight I asked her three times consecutively. She always smiled. At last I tried for the fourth time. She stopped smiling. With her arms down, she raised her eyes to heaven and then, folding her hands over her breast she said, 'I am the Immaculate Conception.' Then I went back to M. le Curé to tell him that she had said she was the Immaculate Conception, and he asked was I absolutely certain. I said yes, and so as not to forget the words, I had repeated them all the way home."
2006-11-12 10:37:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh hmmm
she said I am the immaculate conception
i never thought about the way this was said before
thank you for pointing that out
Bernadette joyfully rejoined the lady in the grotto. It had been 3 weeks since she saw Aquero and had not known whether she would ever appear again. This time she was determined to obtain the lady's name, so that she could finally tell the priest. Bernadette was characteristically stubborn, and she repeated four times the question she had practiced so often, "Would you be so kind as to tell me who you are?" The answer finally came: "I am the Immaculate Conception."
2006-11-12 10:18:06 · answer #3 · answered by Peace 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you look up "Immaculate Conception" in the dictionary it states that she is talking about herself. Not Jesus. Obviously Jesus was born perfect but it is not Biblical for Mary to have been. If she was perfect, she could have died on the cross for us.
2006-11-12 10:29:06 · answer #4 · answered by mac_user 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not being religious, but it was about herself!
She needed to be the person born without sin in order to give birth to jesus!
Hence she was the Immaculate conception!
2006-11-12 10:29:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is why we know that this vision is not of God. Jesus was the child born by an immaculate conception. Mary was not. She was just an ordinary girl, born in sin like everyone else. Yet God chose her for a special honor. That honor does not mean she was any different than anyone else...conceived and born any different. She needed a savior just as much as you and I.
2006-11-12 10:40:10 · answer #6 · answered by rejoiceinthelord 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Herself. Don't get too bogged down by it, as it is a mystery of faith and I think we're meant to try and believe it without trying at all costs to understand it. I often mulled over it myself though.
2006-11-12 10:23:51 · answer #7 · answered by cherub 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About Jesus Son of Mary.
[066:012] And Maryam (Mary), the daughter of 'Imrân who guarded her chastity. And We breathed into (the sleeve of her shirt or her garment) through Our Rûh [i.e. Jibrâîl (Gabriel)], and she testified to the truth of the Words of her Lord [i.e. believed in the Words of Allâh: "Be!" – and he was; that is 'Ãsâ (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary) as a Messenger of Allâh], and (also believed in) His Scriptures, and she was of the Qanitûn (i.e. obedient to Allâh).
2006-11-12 10:20:00 · answer #8 · answered by onewhosubmits 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
She was referring to herself.
2006-11-12 10:39:05 · answer #9 · answered by Raymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋