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Sixth Day within The Octave of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.
13 December.
Semi-Double.
White Vestments.
"The Immaculate Conception".
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).
Date: 1628.
English: Work belonging to the Madrid Prado Museum
photographed during the exhibition « Rubens et son Temps »
(Rubens and His Times) at the Museum of Louvre-Lens.
Français: Œuvre appartenant au musée du Prado de Madrid
photographiée lors de l’exposition temporaire « Rubens et son Temps »
au musée duLouvre-Lens.
Deutsch: Arbeiten gehören in der " Rubens et son Temps "
(Ausstellung Rubens und seine Zeit) im Museum von Louvre-Lens fotografiert.
Español: Trabaja perteneciente a fotografiado durante la exposición de
" Rubens et son Temps " (Rubens y su época) en el Museo de Louvre-Lens.
Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.
Source/Photographer: User:Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (2013).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Church prolongs during eight days (an Octave) The Feast of Mary's Victory over the devil and repeats The Mass Celebrated on The Feast, itself.
The most important Feasts of The Virgin are The Assumption and The Immaculate Conception, both Feasts of The First-Class and both with an Octave.
That is why each day The Creed is said during The Octave, that Profession of Faith fixed at The First Council of Constantinople (381 A.D.), which was only Chanted when the attendance in Church was very large.
Let us prepare for The Birth of Christ in our hearts by adorning them with a little of His Mother's Purity.
Creed: On account of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception.
Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Sixth Day within The Octave of The Feast of The Immaculate Conception is Commemorated in The Mass of Saint Lucy (13 December).
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