Assumption of Mary

Assumption day is a Christian holiday celebrated on August 15 each year in Germany and other countries, marking the day when Mary was taken to heaven.

The Assumption of Mary (or Mariä Himmelfahrt, in German), though not a public holiday in many federal states, is still observed by Christians (particularly Catholics) across Germany. Many choose to attend church for special services that take place on the day. Children also play a part in the day too. The Assumption Day holiday celebrates how Mary was taken to heaven in body and soul.

Marian devotees celebrate Monday, Aug.15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the principal and the oldest feast of the Holy Mother.

Mary’s assumption into heaven was defined as a dogma of faith by Pope Pius XII in 1950. The pilgrim image of Our Lady was also brought to all the barangays and sitio chapels in Guinobatan. Observed as a public holiday in some countries, Roman Catholics consider the Feast of the Assumption as the Blessed Mother’s “heavenly birthday” in commemoration of the belief in her physical assumption into heaven.

Every year the Catholic Church honors the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven on August 15. For many Roman Catholics, it is a holy day of ...

It is important to consult your local parish priest, especially if you live outside of the United States. Many parishes will still have one or two Masses on August 15 to celebrate the solemnity, though Catholics are not obliged to attend. For many Roman Catholics, it is a holy day of obligation.

On August 15, the Church celebrates the fact that Mary, the Mother of God, assumed into Heaven at the end of her earthly life. The Catechism of the Catholic ...

All the feast days of Mary mark the great mysteries of her life and her part in the work of redemption. The patriarch explained to the emperor that there were no relics of Mary in Jerusalem, that “Mary had died in the presence of the apostles; but her tomb, when opened later . . . was found empty and so the apostles concluded that the body was taken up into heaven.” They look to the present and to the future and give us an insight into our own relationship with God. The Assumption looks to eternity and gives us hope that we, too, will follow Our Lady when our life is ended. Today, the Benedictine Abbey of the Dormition of Mary stands on the spot. The “Tomb of Mary” was where she was buried. What was clear from the beginning was that there were no relics of Mary to be venerated, and that an empty tomb stood on the edge of Jerusalem near the site of her death.

Christians are celebrating the Feast of the Assumption on Monday, the most important and one of the oldest Church holidays dedicated to Mary, and a national ...

STA, 15 August 2022 - Christians are celebrating the Feast of the Assumption on Monday, the most important and one of the oldest Church holidays dedic...

Archbishop of Maribor Alojzij Cvikl will celebrate Mass at the basilica dedicated to the Virgin Protectress on Ptujska Gora hill, another major pilgrimage site. STA, 15 August 2022 - Christians are celebrating the Feast of the Assumption on Monday, the most important and one of the oldest Church holidays dedicated to Mary, and a national holiday in Slovenia. Bishops will say Mass at the country's main pilgrimage sites, as well as at the many churches dedicated to Virgin Mary around the country. This year, the bishops will renew this bond, with Archbishop of Ljubljana Stanislav Zore saying Mass in front of the Mary Help of Christians Basilica in Brezje, north-west.

Mary's assumption followed her death, taking her to her place in eternity where her life, and her story, took on a new dimension.

And that no one should perchance suppose that the creator of sex despised sex, he became a man born of a woman.” [3] As the assumption of our flesh was through Mary, so the assumption of her flesh was first for her own liberation, and then in and through her, it served for the liberation of the whole of humanity, indeed, the whole of creation. Mary truly died, but that was not the end of the story. The assumption of Mary, of course, connects with the incarnation; for it was in and through her, in and through her flesh, that the Word became flesh. The resurrection of Jesus has liberated us, making sure that death is truly not the end; rather, it will be when our story truly begins. She had experienced the pains and sorrows of death already, as she experienced them through the death of Jesus; and though she was glorified in her death, she still felt the pains and sorrows of death by the way she was connected with the rest of humanity, and with it, human history: For her to be assumed into heaven, she would have to have her temporal life come to an end. In this way the assumption of Mary, after her death, can be seen as the final act, and indeed, the consequence of the way the Word incarnated through her. “She was earth by her mortality and she went into the earth by her death.” [1] She died, not because she was a sinner, but because she was human, one who lived in the world and possessed, through her humanity, a temporal life. But it is important to remember, Christ confirmed to us that death is not the end. And yet, though she was glorified, she remained connected with the rest of creation, for her body, even though it was spiritualized thanks to the glorification she received in her assumption, was still connected to the creation from which it came, for it still was a part of that creation, which meant, she still possessed within herself a connection to the world from which she came. That is because the Word assumed human nature through her, taking from her, from her flesh and blood, transforming what he took so that it became his own. Likewise, as death is not the end, our connection with the rest of creation does not end with our death.

During Angelus address on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis reminds faithful that the Blessed Mother takes each ...

Mary, he said, 'prophesies,' in anticipating what her Son will say, inasmuch as He will proclaim blessed the poor and humble, and warn the rich and those who base themselves on their own self-sufficiency. "Looking at her, in glory, we understand that the true power is service, and that to reign, means to love." As we listen to these words, the Pope said, we might ask ourselves: "is the Virgin not exaggerating, describing a world that does not exist," where "the poor and hungry remain so, while the rich continue to prosper."

It is also believed that Mary carried no sin upon her soul at the time of her death.

The event is said to have occurred either at, before or after her physical death. The assumption of Mary signifies that at the end of her natural life, Mary’s physical body was taken to heaven to rejoin her spirit or soul. It is also believed that Mary carried no sin upon her soul at the time of her death.

By the authority of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of the blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul, and by our own, we proclaim and define it to be a dogma revealed by God, ...

The historical context of the proclamation of the Assumption is also significant. At the definition in 1950, Pope Pius XII infallibly proclaimed in the apostolic constitution, Munificentissimus Deus, that the long-held belief in the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was a dogma of the Catholic faith. She followed the Spirit’s prompting, even though it was far from clear, to her at least, where she was being led. The glory she enjoys is the glory which, through the resurrection of her Son, is our destiny too. When at the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the Emperor Marcian (396-457) asked the Bishop of Jerusalem about Mary’s tomb, he told him that when it had been opened, it was found to be empty. In other words, at the end of her life on earth, Mary entered immediately, body and soul, into that perfected relationship with God we call ‘heaven’. Why? The decree says: It seems impossible that she who conceived Christ, bore him, fed him with her milk, held him in her arms and pressed him to her bosom, should after this earthly life be separated from him in either body or soul.

According to sanctuary officials, some 15000 people marched Sunday shortly after nightfall. The crowd was preceded by hundreds of sick people in ...

These health restrictions have greatly reduced the number of pilgrims coming to Lourdes since 2020. The crowd was preceded by hundreds of sick people in wheelchairs. According to sanctuary officials, some 15,000 people marched Sunday shortly after nightfall.

The Assumption of Mary was observed by Türkiye's Greek and Syriac Orthodox community at the religion's historic sites on Monday. In Trabzon,...

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A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Assumption. “… the beginning and image of your church's coming to perfection …” The preface for today's liturgy, ...

Because the reality is that I am—at least in relative terms—much closer to pride and might and wealth than I am to lowliness and hunger. The readings we’re offered today help ground the cosmic import of the Assumption by reminding us that Mary’s cooperation with God is not aimed primarily at her being crowned in heaven but at the in-breaking of God’s kingdom of love and justice. In other words, Mary’s Assumption is a promise of God’s hope and desire for all of us, not a one-off miracle solely for her sake.