Are We There Yet?: Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception!

Toto Pulchra Es!

The Immaculate Conception by Diego Velasquez (1599-1660)

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception

Patroness of America,

Pray for us!

The boys (Jon, Dominic, and Kevin, and friend, Tim) singing The Magnificat two springs ago, I think...
(I hope nobody's getting tired of hearing this one -- I know I tend to pull it out a lot for the feasts of Our Lady. It's my favorite!)

Coloring page here, courtesy of Charlotte.

3 comments:

Soutenus said...: Absolutely beautiful . . . . a favorite of mine, also.
Blessings abundant to you and yours!

Pax,
Peggy; December 8, 2009 at 3:09 PM
MightyMom said...: and I didn't make it to Mass today due to working...then sleeping...then working. sigh.; December 8, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Maria (also Bia) said...: whenever you feature your sons singing...i'm right on it; it is always so beautiful.

thanks.; December 9, 2009 at 7:25 AM

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