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O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee, and for those who do not have recourse to thee, especially the enemies of the Church and those recommended to thee, Amen.

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I'll bet that Mary's parents had to give a SIN OFFERING for her; just like Mary and Joseph had to do for Jesus!

Leviticus 12 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

²Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: If a woman having received seed shall bear a man child, she shall be unclean seven days, according to the days of the separation of her flowers.

³And on the eighth day the infant shall be circumcised:

⁴But she shall remain three and thirty days in the blood of her purification. She shall touch no holy thing, neither shall she enter into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification be fulfilled.

⁵But if she shall bear a maid child, she shall be unclean two weeks, according to the custom of her monthly courses, and she shall remain in the blood of her purification sixty-six days.

⁶And when the days of her purification are expired, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, a lamb of a year old for a holocaust, and a young pigeon or a turtle for sin, and shall deliver them to the priest:

⁷Who shall offer them before the Lord, and shall pray for her, and so she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth a man child or a maid child.

⁸And if her hand find not sufficiency, and she is not able to offer a lamb, she shall take two turtles, or two young pigeons, one for a holocaust, and another for sin: and the priest shall pray for her, and so she shall be cleansed.

O Mary, conceived without sin

Elsie, that doesn't make any sense. In order for Mary to be conceived without sin, her parents, grand parents, all the way back to Adam and Eve would have to have been conceived without sin, and we know Adam and Eve were sinners, which is the reason Jesus came to earth in the first place. Mary was a sinner, just like the rest of us. Do you suppose this was originally the worship of Artemis or Diana, and were these two one and the same? What about Tammuz, was he supposed to be the offering of one of these mythical goddesses?