Yesterday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, today we take some additional time to reflect on that mystery and the gift of the Blessed Mother our intercessor today, tomorrow and forever.
The Holy Day reminds us of to be grateful for our own mother and the Blessed Mother, both important in our life. The Assumption celebrates God bringing Mary to heaven through His power and not her own. “Finally, the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death.” The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a singular participation in her Son’s Resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians. Catechism of the Catholic Church # 966
Bishop Barron, “The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the Apostles’ Creed, we speak of our hope for ‘the resurrection of the body.’ Mary, assumed body and soul into heaven, has experienced precisely this resurrection and hence becomes a sign of hope for the rest of the human race …. The "heavens" are a rich and consistent biblical symbol for the transcendent, for a manner of existence that lies beyond our familiar dimensions of space and time.”
God raised her to be with Him and give us another conduit to God’s love.
May God Be Praised.
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