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August 15, 2025          

(Luk 1:46-49) And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Because he that is mighty hath done great things to me: and holy is his name.

SAINT POPE JOHN PAUL II: "The Assumption of Mary is a singular participation in the Resurrection of Christ.”

VATICAN.VA: APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION OF POPE PIUS XII MUNIFICENTISSIMUS DEUS DEFINING THE DOGMA OF THE ASSUMPTION

X THREAD: St. Michael’s Lent, the Nine Choirs of Angels & Why It All Begins on the Assumption

THE TABLET: The Profound Significance of Mary’s Assumption into Heaven

The meaning of the Assumption of Mary, for us 

• Mary’s Assumption anticipates our ultimate union with Christ.  The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: ” ‘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’ (508).  The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a singular participation in her Son’s Resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians” (CCC, 966).
• Mary’s Assumption is a “type” of the Church and a model for all Christians.  The Second Vatican Council reminded us: “By reason of the gift and role of her divine motherhood, by which she is united with her Son, the Redeemer, and with her unique graces and functions, the Blessed Virgin is also intimately united to the Church.  As St.  Ambrose taught, the Mother of God is a type of the Church in the order of faith, charity, and perfect union with Christ.  For in the mystery of the Church, which is itself rightly called mother and virgin, the Blessed Virgin stands out in eminent and singular fashion as exemplar both of virgin and mother” (“Lumen Gentium,” 63).
• Mary’s Assumption is an example and teacher of prayer.  In his apostolic exhortation “Marialis Cultus,” St.  Pope Paul VI observed: “The last description of Mary’s life presents her as praying.  The apostles ‘joined in continuous prayer, together with several women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers’ (Acts 1:4).  We have here the prayerful presence of Mary in the early Church and in the Church throughout all ages, for, having been assumed into heaven, she has not abandoned her mission of intercession and salvation” (MC, 18).
• Mary’s Assumption teaches us trust and hope.  In a homily given in Washington, D.C., Pope St.  John Paul II preached: To succeed in your intentions, entrust yourselves to the Blessed Virgin Mary always, but especially in moments of difficulty and darkness.  “From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s will in things.  From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone.  From Mary we learn to love Christ, her Son and the Son of God.  … Learn from her to be always faithful, to trust that God’s Word to you will be fulfilled, and that nothing is impossible with God.”
• Mary’s Assumption completes her work on earth and invites us to join her in eternity.  In 2017, Pope Francis spoke to 20,000 pilgrims in St.  Peter’s Square, on the solemnity of the Assumption: “She brings a new ability to overcome with faith the most painful and difficult moments; she brings the ability of mercy, to forgive each other, understand each other, support one another.  … We ask her to keep us and support us so that we may have a strong, joyous and merciful faith.  May she help us to be holy, so that we might meet with her, one day, in Heaven.”

O Mary, mother of God, mother of the Church, assumed into heaven, pray for us and lead us there.

FATHER V VIA X: A most blessed Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven!  May the particular graces of this day be yours in abundance. 

“It was fitting that she, who had kept her virginity in childbirth, should keep her own body free from all corruption even after death.  It was fitting that she, who had carried the Creator as a child at her breast, should dwell in the divine tabernacles…it was fitting that God’s Mother should possess what belongs to her Son and that she should be honoured by every creature as the Mother and the Handmaid of God.” (St John Damascene)

“As the most glorious Mother of Christ, our Saviour and our God and the giver of life and immortality, has been endowed with life by Him, she has received an eternal incorruptibility of the body together with Him who has raised her up from the tomb and has taken her up to Himself in a way known only to Him.”(St Modestus of Jerusalem)

“And with regard to ourselves, how deservedly do we keep the Feast of the Assumption with all solemnity.  What reasons for rejoicing, what motives for exultation have we on this most beautiful day!  The presence of Mary illumines the entire world so that even the holy city above has now a more dazzling splendour from the light of this virginal Lamp.  With good reason,thanksgiving and the voice of praise, resound today throughout the courts of Heaven.  Let us not complain, for here we do not have a lasting city but we seek one that is to come, the same which the blessed Mary entered today.” (St Bernard of Clairvaux)

Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 2- "On Detachment"

3. After our renunciation of the world, the demons suggest to us that we should envy those living in the world who give alms and console [the needy], and be sorry for ourselves as deprived of these virtues. The aim of our foes is, by false humility, either to make us return to the world, or, if we remain monks, to plunge us into despair. It is possible to belittle those living in the world out of conceit; and it is also possible to disparage them behind their backs in order to avoid despair and to obtain hope.

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