Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...
On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into heaven. But while the feast day, a solemnity, is a relatively new one, ...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin celebrates the belief that at the end of her earthly life, Mary was "taken up body and soul into ...
On August 15, Catholics around the world mark the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into heaven. It’s a major Christian holiday celebrating the assumption of ...
When most Catholics think of the Assumption, they typically focus on one part of it: that Mary was taken, body and soul, to heaven. That’s both true and important, not only because it tells us about ...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin celebrates the belief that at the end of her earthly life, Mary was "taken up body and soul into ...
Readings (Mass during the Day): 1 Chronicles 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2 1 Corinthians 15: 54b-57 Luke 11:27-28 Readings (Vigil): Revelation 11:19a; 12: 1-6a, 10ab 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 Lk 1:39-56 The ...
Catholic and Orthodox Christians -- and a few Protestants, too -- will celebrate Tuesday the taking up of Jesus' mother from earth to heaven. The Western church refers to it as the Solemnity of the ...
Pope Francis on Tuesday urged the faithful to adopt a “spirit of service,” pointing to the example of the Blessed Mother who went in haste to help her expectant cousin Elizabeth. The pope spoke to a ...
During his Angelus address on the solemnity of the Assumption, Pope Francis reminded Catholics that the Blessed Virgin Mary always “goes before us on the journey.” Reflecting on the first chapter of ...
The inner mystery of God is the mystery of a family, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Our prayer life is shaped by this central mystery of our faith, as we pray to the Father, in the Son, and by the ...
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