Immaculate Heart of Mary

Holiday / observanceAugust 22

Immaculate Heart of Mary

Christian feast day: Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of 1960)

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August 22
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Holiday / observanceA holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
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History of devotion Scriptural basis In chapter 2 of the Gospel of Luke , it is twice stated that Mary kept all things in her heart, that there she might ponder over them. [ 1 ] Luke 2:35 [ 2 ] recounts the prophecy of Simeon that her heart would be pierced with a sword . This image (the pierced heart) is the most popular representation of the Immaculate Heart. [ 3 ]

The Immaculate Heart of Mary is a Catholic devotion which refers to the view of the interior life of Mary, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and, above all, her virginal love for God the Father, her maternal love for her son Jesus Christ, and her motherly and compassionate love for all mankind. Traditionally, the Immaculate Heart is depicted pierced with seven swords or wounds, in homage to the seven dolors of Mary and roses, usually red or white, wrapped around the heart.

August 22 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1992Federal Bureau of Investigation
  2. 1999China Airlines Flight 642
  3. 2003List of justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama
  4. 2003Roy Moore
  5. 2004The Scream
  6. 2006Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612
  7. 2006Grigori Perelman
  8. 2007Texas Rangers (baseball)
  9. 20122012–2013 Tana River District clashes
  10. 20152015 Shoreham Airshow crash

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