15/08/2026
Saint of the Day
August 15 | The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrates the dogma of the Church that Mary was taken body and soul into Heaven at the end of her earthly life. Although belief in Mary's assumption had been widespread since the third century, it was not until 1950 that Pope Pius XII declared the belief as dogma in his Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus. In it he writes, ""the revered Mother of God ... finally obtained, as the supreme culmination of her privileges, that she should be preserved free from the corruption of the tomb and that, like her own Son, having overcome death, she might be taken up body and soul to the glory of heaven"" (MD 40). The Solemnity of the Assumption is a Holy Day of Obligation.
Let us pray:
Almighty ever-living God, who assumed the Immaculate Virgin Mary, the Mother of your Son, body and soul into heavenly glory, grant we pray, that, always attentive to the things that are above, we may merit to be sharers of her glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. -Collect Prayer
Source: catholicapostolatecenter
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