Webthis imagery is based on the new testament book of revelation, in which saint john the evangelist records his vision of the woman of the apocalypse ‘clothed with the sun’. Webit's important to understand what the doctrine of the immaculate conception is and what it is not. Some people think the term refers to christ's conception in mary's womb without. Webthe solemnity of the immaculate conception is a time to celebrate the great joy of god’s gift to humanity in mary, and to recognize with greater clarity, the truth. Webto have mary conceive our lord on december 8, the solemnity of the immaculate conception, and then have him born on december 25, does not make sense.
