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It's the Feast of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, 2nd Class, with the color of White. In this episode: the meditation: "The Thought of Death", today's news from the Church: "Sisters of the Society of Saint Pius X: Their Life in 100 Images", a preview of this week's episode of The SSPX Podcast: "Audiobook Chapter 16", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org

Sources Used Today:

• "The Thought of Death" — From the Assumption to Advent
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption
  
  
• "Sisters of the Society of Saint Pius X: Their Life in 100 Images" (FSSPX.news)
  • https://fsspx.news/en/news/sisters-society-saint-pius-x-their-life-100-images-60865
  
  
• The SSPX Podcast: "Audiobook Chapter 16" (SSPX Podcast)
  • View on YouTube
  • Listen & Subscribe on SSPXpodcast.com
  
  
• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
  
  

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The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of only three birthdays celebrated in the Church's liturgical year: the birth of Christ, the birth of Saint John the Baptist, and the birth of Our Lady.

Interestingly, the Bible never tells us when Mary was born.

Even the names of her parents, Saints Joachim and Anne, come from ancient Christian tradition rather than Scripture. One of the earliest sources is the second-century Protoevangelium of James, which tells the beautiful story of Joachim and Anne as an elderly, childless couple whose long prayers were finally answered with the birth of Mary.

The feast itself seems to have developed first in Jerusalem, where Christians honored a church dedicated to Saint Anne near the traditional site of Mary's childhood home. By the sixth century, Mary's birth was being celebrated in the Christian East, and over the following centuries the feast spread westward to Rome.

But why September 8?

There's actually a wonderfully simple explanation.

The Church celebrates Mary's Immaculate Conception on December 8.

Count forward nine months.

September 8.

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