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Quote/s of the Day – 15 August - The Assumption

Quote/s of the Day – 15 August – The Assumption

Quote/s of the Day – 15 August – Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven

“It was fitting that she, who had kept her virginity in childbirth, should keep her own body free from all corruption even after death. It was fitting that she, who had carried the Creator as a child at her breast, should dwell in the divine tabernacles… it was fitting that God’s Mother should…

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Our Morning Offering – 15 August – Who is She Ascends So High?

Our Morning Offering – 15 August – Who is She Ascends So High?

Our Morning Offering – 15 August – Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven

Who is She Ascends So High? By Sir John Beaumont (1582-1628)

Who is she ascends so high, Next the heav’nly King, Round about whom angels fly, And her praises sing?

Who is she adorned with light, Makes the sun her robe? At whose feet the queen of night Lays her changing globe?

This is she in whose…

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Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Memorials of the Saints - 15 August

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Memorials of the Saints – 15 August

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (however, in most countries of Africa, the Solemnity will be celebrated on the Sunday following the 15th). The Feast celebrates the Assumption of the body of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven upon her death.   According to Pope Benedict XIV, it is a probable opinion, which it is impious to deny, though not an article of faith but has since…

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One Minute Reflection – 15 August – '...For you are venerated in heaven, loved in the world, feared in hell.'

One Minute Reflection – 15 August – ‘…For you are venerated in heaven, loved in the world, feared in hell.’

One Minute Reflection – 15 August – Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, Readings: Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6, 10, Psalms 45: 10, 11, 12, 16, 1 Corinthians 15:20-27, Luke 1:39-56

My soul glorifies the Lord … Luke 1:46

REFLECTION– “He himself is your son, O Mary, He Himself rose from the dead on the third day and with your flesh ascended above all the heavens that He…

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One Minute Reflection - 15 August - My soul glorifies the Lord!

One Minute Reflection – 15 August – My soul glorifies the Lord!

One Minute Reflection – 15 August – Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, Gospel:  Luke 1:39–56

My soul glorifies the Lord ... Luke 1:46

REFLECTION –“We heard the Song of Mary, the Magnificat – it is the song of hope, it is the song of the People of God walking through history.   It is the song many saints, men and women, some famous and very many others unknown to…

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Our Morning Offering - 15 August - The Ark Which God Has Sanctified

Our Morning Offering – 15 August – The Ark Which God Has Sanctified

Our Morning Offering – 15 August – Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven

The Ark Which God Has Sanctified

The ark which God has sanctified, Which He has filled with grace, Within the temple of the Lord Has found a resting-place.

More glorious than the seraphim, This ark of love divine, Corruption could not blemish her Whom death could not confine.

God-bearing Mother,…

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Thought for the Day - 15 August -You have Borne for us the Clothing of Immortality

Thought for the Day – 15 August -You have Borne for us the Clothing of Immortality

Thought for the Day – 15 August – Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven

You have Borne for us the Clothing of Immortality Saint John Damascene (675-749) Priest and Father and Doctor of the Church

An excerpt from his Homily 9 – On the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary

“Once indeed God ejected the mortals and first parents of the human race from the paradise of Eden,…

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Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Memorials of the Saints - 15 August

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Memorials of the Saints – 15 August

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary(in the US, however, in most countries of Africa, the Solemnity will celebrated on the Sunday following the 15th).   The feast celebrates the assumption of the body of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven upon her death.   According to Pope Benedict XIV, it is a probable opinion, which it is impious to deny, though not an article of faith but…

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