Important Dates in the Lives of Jesus and Mary 

    The Immaculate Virgin Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurred on the morning of November 8 of 

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 at the end of the singular and holy feast celebrating the completion of the rebuilding of the Temple 

Sanctuary. The very first entrance of the Virgin Mary into the Temple of Jerusalem occurred at her 

Immaculate Conception, in a passageway under the consecrated part of the Temple. At her Immaculate 

Conception, the Virgin Mary entered into existence, entered into the unfailing Grace of God, entered into the 

human race, and entered into the Temple of Jerusalem, a symbol and foreshadowing of the Messiah, all in the 

same instant. And who on earth at that time understood this great event? It went mostly unnoticed. 

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