Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady
Children love to be told the same
story over and over. They cuddle up to the words 'Once upon a time and sigh
with staisfaction with 'happily ever after'. They might even come up with new
comments and questions about the familiar story.
Even a toddler can point at familiar pictures, trying to sound them out as he or she turns the pages, without any understanding of the concept of sequence.
It is why we love the story of Mary : her 'once upon a time' : The angel of the Lord was sent to virgin in Nazareth and the virgin's name was Mary..
God and Israel is the great love story of the Bible, and despite many betrayals God remains faithful to His covenantal (spousal, marriage) promises. Mary is the true daughter of Israel, faithful, pure and true. She represents the Church, the new Israel, called to everlasting love in the Marriage of the Lamb in heaven. Happily Ever After. Mary is the Queen, and we are all royalty through baptism and made regal in heaven.
'And she lived happily ever after' - at least acording to the Book of Revelation - she is in heaven with a crown of 12 stars in her head - assumed and crowned queen of heaven, and she interecedes for us.
Pope Francis reflected this year:
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary “is a great mystery that concerns each one of us; it concerns our future,”
“Mary, in fact, precedes us on the way on which all those go that, through Baptism, have bound their life to Jesus, as Mary bound her life to Him,” the Pope told the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
“She was the first to believe in the Son of God, and she is the first to be assumed into heaven in soul and body,” he said. “First, she received Jesus and took Him in her arms when He was still a baby, and she is the first to be received by His arms to be introduced into the Eternal Kingdom of the Father.”
And what's best of all about the story?
It is real.
It is true.
It actually happened and we are caught up in the drama of salvation ourselves.
It is our story too.
Where she has gone, we hope to follow.
Even a toddler can point at familiar pictures, trying to sound them out as he or she turns the pages, without any understanding of the concept of sequence.
It is why we love the story of Mary : her 'once upon a time' : The angel of the Lord was sent to virgin in Nazareth and the virgin's name was Mary..
God and Israel is the great love story of the Bible, and despite many betrayals God remains faithful to His covenantal (spousal, marriage) promises. Mary is the true daughter of Israel, faithful, pure and true. She represents the Church, the new Israel, called to everlasting love in the Marriage of the Lamb in heaven. Happily Ever After. Mary is the Queen, and we are all royalty through baptism and made regal in heaven.
'And she lived happily ever after' - at least acording to the Book of Revelation - she is in heaven with a crown of 12 stars in her head - assumed and crowned queen of heaven, and she interecedes for us.
Pope Francis reflected this year:
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary “is a great mystery that concerns each one of us; it concerns our future,”
“She was the first to believe in the Son of God, and she is the first to be assumed into heaven in soul and body,” he said. “First, she received Jesus and took Him in her arms when He was still a baby, and she is the first to be received by His arms to be introduced into the Eternal Kingdom of the Father.”
And what's best of all about the story?
It is real.
It is true.
It actually happened and we are caught up in the drama of salvation ourselves.
It is our story too.
Where she has gone, we hope to follow.
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