Thoughts on The Assumption

 

“The Assumption reminds us that Mary’s life, like that of every Christian, is a journey of following, following Jesus, a journey that has a very precise destination, a future already marked out: the definitive victory over sin and death and full communion with God ...” – Pope Benedict XVI

Today, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Feast of the Assumption commemorates the Blessed Virgin Mary being taken up, body and soul, into the glory of Heaven after her earthly life. The feast day is a Holy Day of Obligation in the Church’s liturgical year.   Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a dogma of the Church in 1950. He explained that he wasn’t manifesting a new doctrine but rather fulfilling his divine commission to “faithfully propose the revelation delivered through the Apostles.” The Church teaches that the dogma of the Assumption was at least implicitly present in Scripture and Apostolic Tradition and therefore is a legitimate sign of the “protection of the Spirit of Truth.”   We encourage you to read our special page dedicated to the Solemnity of the Assumption, where we answer questions such as: What happened to Mary after Jesus ascended to Heaven? Where in the Bible does it say Mary was assumed into Heaven? Why is Mother Mary so important? What do the twelve stars on Mary’s crown represent? EWTN https://missions.ewtn.com/