The Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Ferragosto (in Italy)
Ferragosto (in Italy)
Today we celebrate The Assumption of the Virgin Mary which reflects the honor that Christ accorded to His Mother, an honor so great that He did not allow her body to suffer decay after her death. But it also provides us with a foretaste of our own bodily resurrection at the end of time and, thus, confirms our faith and gives us hope. Mary wasn’t assumed into Heaven because she was somehow more than human; her Assumption is actually a sign of what it means to be truly human–a condition that is possible only through the grace that comes through our faith in Christ.