The Assumption is Our Feast, Too
Msgr. Charles Pope
August 13, 2024
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“What happened to Mary, in a profound and preliminary way, will also happen to us in the end.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
Keep Your Head in the Clouds
Thomas Griffin
August 9, 2024
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“We can and should allow the Feast of the Assumption to inspire in us a desire to imitate the saints’ focus on that which is ‘not of this world.'” – Thomas Griffin
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Dan Burke
August 13, 2023
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“The [Solemnity] of the Assumption is a strong appeal to us to live ‘ever intent upon heavenly things,’ and not to allow ourselves to be carried away by the vicissitudes and seductions of the world.” – Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen
Jesus’ Place in the Assumption
Thomas Griffin
August 14, 2022
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“Her Assumption reveals a key aspect of what it means to be Christian. We do not follow Christ because he is a great moral philosopher, but because being attached to him makes us who we were made to be.” – Thomas Griffin
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Dan Burke
August 15, 2019
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Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen reflects on Mary’s Assumption into heaven, today’s liturgical solemnity.
On the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Liz Estler
August 15, 2018
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If the Assumption was only declared a dogma of the Church in the last century, is there any proof it was celebrated in the early Church? Read this excerpt from an early 8th-century homily preached on the occasion of this glorious feast.
