TOMORROW, December 8, is such an important solemnity among Catholics worldwide that it is a Holy Day of Obligation (meaning, it is a day on which Catholics must go to Mass—even if it is not a Sunday.)

The importance of the Feast or Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is heightened in our country. Here, the local hierarchy, which with the Holy See’s approval has reduced the number of holy days of obligation by transferring their Mass to the nearest Sunday, has kept December 8 as a separate Holy Day of Obligation along with December 25 Christmas Day or the Nativity of Our Lord and January 1 the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.

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