Should the Feast of the Birth of Mary be upgraded to a Solemnity?

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Personally I would love to see it turned into a solemnity but I will leave that decision up to the Vatican.
 
There are more pressing concerns in my humble opinion. Another solemnity for a feast of Our Blessed Lady would be wonderful and I pray that it is elevated to festal status! But we need to reinforce the Marian feasts so that they are more Marian! And this can be done by…

Legalising the use of blue liturgical colours on feasts of Our Blessed Lady throughout the Latin West! :mad: No more shall it be restricted to the Eastern Churches, Sarum and Mozarabic! Blue vestments for Roman Rite priests now! 😃
 
The fact that the Nativity of Mary is not a solemnity may have something to do with the importance of the Triumph of the Cross, which would have fallen within the Octave of such a Solemnity on Sept. 8. Conflicts are not good, especially when it comes to such an ancient feast as the Triumph of the All-Holy and Life-Giving Cross of our Lord.

I myself would prefer that this feast not be a solemnity. The Blessed Virgin’s solemnities are carefully chosen: March 25, Aug. 15, and Dec. 8 all celebrate central dogmas - the Incarnation, the Assumption, and the Immaculate Conception, respectively. The birth of the Virgin isn’t “as important” as those. Solemnities are a very important thing, and must be treated with respect… 🙂
 
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