“Immaculate Conception”
(1665-1670)
Bartolommeo Esteban Murillo.
(b. 1617, Sevilla, d. 1682, Sevilla)
Oil on canvas, 206 x 144 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

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Bartolommeo Esteban Murillo is my favorite Catholic Artist. He was from Spain.

Today, December 8th, is the Feast Day of the Patroness of the United States of America. Mary was conceived without any stain of Original Sin. She also never committed any Actual Sins, either. This is a “Singular Privilege” given to her, by God at her Immaculate Conception, in the womb of Saint Anne. Jesus needed His Mother’s Body and Soul, to be pure blood; so that His Precious Blood could redeem us!