Inviolate means free from injury or violation. It is not to be confused with the word violet, or the color purple. Just as sunlight passes through a window without breaking the glass, the Blessed Mother remained a virgin before, during, and after the birth of Jesus Christ. That’s what inviolate means.

Indeed, the birth of Jesus was a miraculous birth. The Early Fathers of the Church were nearly unanimous in this teaching – St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, St. John Chrysostom, St. Leo the Great, St. Gregory the Great. This title references the second Marian dogma of perpetual virginity. Mary was a virgin before, during, and after birth. If you believe that I’ll tell you another one. That a man can take some bread, say some words, and change it into God. But he can if he’s a priest.

Yes, we have some extraordinary beliefs in our Catholic faith. Still, they’re all true.

Mother Inviolate, pray for the Church and our Nation!

On Fridays we pray the Sorrowful Mysteries.

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