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	Assumption of Mary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Assumption of Mary is symbolised in the Fleur-de-lys Madonna.
		The Virgin Assumed in Heaven is also patroness of the Maltese Islands and Her feast, celebrated on the 15th of August, apart from being a public holiday in Malta is also celebrated with great solemnity in all the local churches.
		Assumption of the Virgin by Antonio da Correggio
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assumption_of_Mary (847 words)

	Blessed Virgin Mary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mary, as the first Christian Saint and Mother of Jesus, was deemed to be a compassionate mediator between suffering mankind and her son, Jesus, who was seen as King and Judge.
		It was subsequently claimed that the Blessed Virgin Mary during her sixteenth appearance in Lourdes on March 25, 1858 announced to Bernadette Soubirous "I am the Immaculate Conception".
		The central role of Mary in the belief and practice of Catholicism is reflected in the fact that many Catholic churches contain side altars dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blessed_Virgin_Mary (2249 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Feast of the Assumption
		It is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin.
		Today, the belief in the corporeal assumption of Mary is universal in the East and in the West; according to Benedict XIV (De Festis B.V.M., I, viii, 18) it is a probable opinion, which to deny were impious and blasphemous.
		At Piazza, in Sicily, there is a commemoration of the Assumption of Mary (double second class) the 20th of February, the anniversary of the earthquake of 1743.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02006b.htm (1137 words)

	August 15 – The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven (Solemnity)
		15 – The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven (Solemnity)
		At Jerusalem it was formed by the numerous pilgrims praying at the tomb of the Virgin, thus contributing to the institution of the solemnity, the same as it was by the clergy of Constantinople.
		Mary received Jesus who came in the Nativity to this world and it is Jesus who receives Mary into heaven in the Assumption.
	www.geocities.com /hashanayobel/laudsfeast2/feast0815.htm (823 words)

	Assumption of the Virgin Mary
		Mary was a girl of immense faith who went on to be the most significant woman in the Church, hence the ancient tradition concerning her Assumption into heaven.
		Mary is called 'blessed" because she is the model believer and is praised for her trust in the fidelity of God.
		Mary's delight is evident as she is praising and worshiping God who supports the poor and lowly and proves that nothing is impossible for God.
	www.homeless.org.au /rebeccas-community/assumption-of-the-virgin-mary.htm (462 words)

	Scripture Catholic - THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Mary - the Immaculate Ark of the New Covenant
		For, this latter case is one of the earth, and the Virgin's is one from heaven.
		Into a virgin's soul, in like manner, must be introduced that Word of God which was to raise the fabric of life; so that what had been reduced to ruin by this sex, might by the selfsame sex be recovered to salvation.
	www.scripturecatholic.com /blessed_virgin_mary.html (7380 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : The Assumption of Our Lady
		There is, however, this difference: Jesus arose from the tomb and ascended into heaven by his own power, whereas Mary's body was taken up to heaven by the power of her Son.
		From the first moment of her conception the state of the Blessed Virgin Mary was analogous, but superior, to the state of Adam and Eve before the Fall.
		Mary's Immaculate Body was, in a sense, the origin of sanctification of all mankind.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=2956 (1833 words)

	Assumption of Mary
		The Assumption was declared a dogma of the Roman Catholic faith by Pope Pius XII in 1950.
		Assumption of the Virgin (Latin assumere,"to take up") in the Roman Catholic church and the Orthodox church is the doctrine that after her death the body of Mary, the mother of Christ, was taken into heaven and reunited with her soul.
		Thus Mary is crowned Queen of Heaven and assumes the roles of intercessor and mediator.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txn/assumpt.htm (720 words)

	Mark Brumley
		The dogma of the Assumption means that the Virgin Mary now experiences in heaven that union of glorified body and soul which her son enjoys.
		If Mary is to be a model of the Church, then it makes sense that she would experience in advance the fullness of bodily redemption that awaits the whole Church at the end of time.
		Mary's Assumption is a vivid portrait of that glorious destiny to which all Christians are called.
	www.ewtn.com /library/ANSWERS/IRRIRR.HTM (2010 words)

	Assumption of Mary - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
		Since Mary best embodies the people of both Old and New Testament, her Assumption can be seen as an exemplification of the woman’s victory.
		Since Mary is closely associated with all the mysteries of Jesus’; life, it is not surprising that the Holy Spirit has led the Church to belief in Mary’s share in his glorification.
		In the light of the Assumption of Mary, it is easy to pray her Magnificat (Luke 1:46—55) with new meaning.
	www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay?id=1108 (472 words)

	Feast of the Assumption (Dormition) of Mary
		Festivals commemorating the death of the Blessed Virgin Mary were common from the 5th century onwards, although the exact dates were never fixed.
		As she arrives at heaven she is the first given the task of all the glorified saints, that of praying for us to her Son and our Lord.
		Protestants have rejected the Assumption of Mary (except for some, mostly Anglicans, who hold the opinion privately and devotionally), probably because it is not explicitly biblical.
	www.churchyear.net /assumption.html (980 words)

	The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
		By Abbot Dom Guéranger, O.S.B. TODAY the Virgin Mary ascended to Heaven; rejoice, for she reigns with Christ for ever.' The Church will close her chants on this glorious day with this sweet antiphon, which resumes the object of the feast and the spirit in which it should be celebrated.
		Mary, having known nothing of original sin, contracted no debt with death, the punishment of that sin; she freely chose to die in order to be conformable to her Divine Son; and, as the Holy One of God, so the holy one of His Christ could not suffer the corruption of the tomb.
		The Assumption, then; will always be the national feast of France, except for those of her sons who celebrate the anniversaries of revolutions and assassinations.
	www.tldm.org /news3/assumption.htm (2406 words)

	The Dormition of Mary
		The Dogma of the Assumption was solemnly declared by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950.
		Actually the Dormition of Mary or, to use our terminology, the Assumption of Mary was one of the most popular themes in religious art of the medieval times.
		Mary’s Assumption is a reminder to us that God has a plan for each of us, a purpose for each of our lives.
	www.st.ignatius.net /8-15-04.html (986 words)

	The Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary
		Mary, Mother of God, your death was entirely free from whatever might make death bitter: attachment to the world, remorse for sins and the uncertainty of salvation.
		Mary, My Mother, though your body was separated from your soul in death, your soul was reunited in your incorrupt body, and you were taken up into heaven by angels.
		Mary, Mother of God, I believe that it is a divinely revealed dogma that you, Immaculate Mother of God, having completed the course of your earthly life, were assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.
	www.lasvegasmariancenter.com /Marian.htm (1644 words)

	Some Thoughts on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
		This distinction - between Ascension and Assumption - should obviate any suggestion that Catholic piety, in proclaiming the Assumption of Mary into Heaven, is in some way putting her on a level with Christ her Son.
		The object of the dogma and of the liturgical Solemnity is Mary’s having been taken up into heaven (what in theological terms is called in facto esse); it is not a celebration of an historical event as it happened (which would be termed in fieri).
		Pope Alexander III (1169) wrote “Mary conceived without shame, gave birth without pain, and has departed from earth without undergoing the corruption of the tomb, thus proving - according to the word of the angel - that she was full of grace and nothing less.” (Duhr, ibid., p.
	www.cts.org.au /1997/assumpt.htm (1082 words)

	CATHOLIC CHAPLETS: THE DOGMA OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
		Thus, while the Blessed Virgin is fulfilling in the most affectionate manner her maternal duties on behalf of those redeemed by the blood of Christ, the minds and the hearts of her children are being vigorously aroused to a more assiduous consideration of her prerogatives.
		She, by an entirely unique privilege, completely overcame sin by her Immaculate Conception, and as a result she was not subject to the law of remaining in the corruption of the grave, and she did not have to wait until the end of time for the redemption of her body.
		And so, to cite some other examples, St. Germanus of Constantinople considered the fact that the body of Mary, the virgin Mother of God, was incorrupt and had been taken up into heaven to be in keeping, not only with her divine motherhood, but also with the special holiness of her virginal body.
	www.marysprayersrosaries.com /assumption_dogma.asp (2787 words)

	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
		The idea of the assumption of Mary into heaven after her death is first expressed in narratives of the fifth and sixth centuries.
		The theme of the heavenly coronation of the Blessed Virgin as Queen of Heaven, often represented paintings and sculpture, is related to her being assumed into Heaven where she reigns next to her Divine Son.
		Mary's being taken to heaven after her life on earth was ended is the logical outcome of her immaculate nature, uniquely protected -- also by God's grace -- from personal sin.
	www.wf-f.org /Assumption.html (3055 words)

	Meditation on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
		Belief that Mary has been taken up and is now in heaven with both her body and her soul has been part of the teaching of the Catholic Church since the earliest centuries of Christianity.
		For Martin Luther, Mary's Assumption was an understood fact, as his homily of 1522 indicates, in spite of the fact that Mary's Assumption is not expressly reported in Sacred Scripture.
		Against this backdrop he states, "Because of this, we believe that the pure immaculate chamber of the God-bearer, the Virgin Mary, is a temple of the Holy Spirit, that is her holy body, borne by angels into heaven."
	www.udayton.edu /mary/meditations/assmp01.html (1365 words)

	Meditation on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
		The Coptic Church celebrated a feast in honor of Mary's death on January 16 by the mid 6th century, and her Assumption on August 9, as testified to in a homily of Theodosius, Monophysite patriarch of Alexandria.
		The images of this period show Mary standing in the midst of the apostles as she is called home to heaven.
		Mary "rising" rather than being lifted up, is thought to represent the fulfillment of Mary's longing which literally lifts her to the heart of God.
	www.udayton.edu /mary/meditations/assmp02.html (720 words)

	Mary's Assumption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		If the Assumption of Mary were a novel belief at the time, we would expect to find Christian writers of the third to fifth centuries condemning it as a newfangled heresy.
		Mary did not ascend into heaven; she was assumed into heaven.
		The Assumption is essentially the same as what Evangelicals call the "rapture"; we could even say that Mary was "raptured" into heaven at the end of her life.
	home.nyc.rr.com /mysticalrose/marian8.html (1490 words)

	"Qui legit, intelligat" Sunday Sermons (assumqui.htm)
		The Dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was solemnly proclaimed by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950.
		"Mary is beautiful in herself as the moon, radiates her brilliance as the sun; but against 'the enemy' she is formidable; terrible as an army arrayed for war.
		Mary's spiritual and physical integrity, or virginity, in the minds of the Church Fathers, and in the teaching of the Church since their time, symbolizes the Church herself, also called Virgin and Mother, as to the integrity of her faith and teaching.
	www.dailycatholic.org /assumqui.htm (880 words)

	Assumption
		The dogma of the Assumption means the Blessed Virgin's entrance into heaven, body and soul by the power of God.
		Kellncr tells us that the feast of the Assumption in the East is older than the sixth century, for it was celebrated by the heretical sects that separated from Rome in the fifth century, viz., the Monophysites, the Nestorians, the Armenians and the Ethiopians (Kellner, The Christian Festivals, 237).
		The most ancient writer to speak of it in the West is St. Gregory of Tours (593) who writes: "The Lord had the most holy body of the Virgin taken into heaven, where, reunited to her soul, it now enjoys with the elect, happiness without end" (De Gloria Mart., i., 109).
	www.jesus-passion.com /Assumption.htm (328 words)

	Is Mary's Assumption Irrelevant? By Mark Brumley Catholic Church Christian Virgin Mary feast body miracle -- ...
		We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory.
		With these words, Pope Pius XII formally declared, in 1950, the bodily assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven to be a dogma of the Catholic Church.
		Over fifty years later, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary remains Catholic dogma that cannot change.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/86/story_8614_1.html (396 words)

	Greek Orthodox Church Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Pocatello,ID
		Mary was the first Christian, as she whole-heartedly accepted God's mission for her.
		The name of our church, the Assumption, or Dormition (falling asleep in the Lord), of Mary, is significant because the Assumption of Mary into Heaven shows us that she was sinless.
		Mary's pure body was the vessel through which Christ our Lord entered the world through the power of the Holy Spirit.
	netministries.org /see/churches/ch03196 (1443 words)

	Vespers II of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven
		Vespers II of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven
		Prior to the reform it was appointed in the Roman breviary as the Vesperal hymn of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
		For the Solemnity of the Assumption, the psalms and canticles are taken from the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
	www.johnmark.net /liturgy/assumpt.htm (1290 words)

	A Dogma Of Our Faith
		Our Holy Father declared: “truth of this dogma is based on Sacred Scriptures”, that is, on the Scripture’s teaching on the holiness and dignity of Mary, and the resurrection of the body.
		Mary’s bodily assumption into heaven is a reminder that our bodies too will be assumed by the power of God, and reunited with the soul on the last day… of the general judgment, to share with the soul in the reward or punishment of our deeds.
		And do you, O prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into Hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
	www.smcenter.org /dogmafaith.htm (205 words)

	The Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15
		On Assumption Day we rejoice that this broken world will be made new again.
		May this feast day remind us not only of Mary's Assumption into Heaven, but also of her blessed obedience and willingness to serve right where she was.
		May her example light our road as we travel toward the day we rejoin her in heaven.
	www.emmitsburg.net /sasolmc/did_you_know/2002/assumption_of_the_blessed_virgin_mary.htm (162 words)

	Pope Pius XII: Munificentissimus Deus
		Thus Saint John Damascene, an outstanding herald of this traditional truth, spoke out with powerful eloquence when he compared the bodily Assumption of the loving Mother of God with her other prerogatives and privileges.
		And so, to cite some other examples, Saint Germanus of Constantinople considered the fact that the body of Mary, the virgin Mother of God, was incorrupt and had been taken up into heaven to be in keeping, not only with her divine motherhood, but also with the special holiness of her virginal body.
		Among the holy writers who at that time employed statements and various images and analogies of Sacred Scripture to Illustrate and to confirm the doctrine of the Assumption, which was piously believed, the Evangelical Doctor, Saint Anthony of Padua, holds a special place.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/pope0260b.htm (2731 words)

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