I
am taking some time to highlight the mystery of the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mother that we celebrate every year on August 15.
We
Catholics are not the only ones who revere the Virgin Mother through our faith
in her assumption into heaven before the “end times.” This is a hallowed mystery celebrated by many
high orders of Christians. Catholics
celebrate it as dogma defined by Pope Pius XII in 1950. The eastern Churches do not have a defined dogma,
but that does not make it any the less solemn.
Catholics
place the emphasis on the “Assumption” while the Eastern churches call it the “Dormition”
of Mary. The truth of the matter is that
whether the emphasis is on “assumption” or “dormition”, the celebration is
about the gift of going directly to heaven without having to suffer the captivity
of the grave and the subsequent natural deterioration.
Furthermore,
the Assumption also tells us that two humans got to heaven without the long
captivity of the grave. Both of them,
Child and Mother had a short “dormition” and are now joined forever in the glory
of heaven.
May
Jesus and Mary keep us close to their bosom on this holy day and every day of
our lives.
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