08/13/2024
Thursday, August 15th is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven. This is one of several holy days of obligation.
Mass times:
Aug. 14th - 6pm Vigil at St William
Aug. 15th - 6pm Holy Day at St. Ann Catholic Mission in Manchester
"The historical evolution of the feast of the Assumption is incomplete without some reflection on this celebration’s significance for people today. Mary’s role as the supreme model to follow in our common vocation to holiness and discipleship finds its ultimate triumph and reward in her assumption. Our certainty of Mary’s return to God, body and soul, prefigures our own resurrection and final union with God. In celebrating Mary’s assumption we not only celebrate the love that God showed her, but in more general terms the love that God has shown to all His children in granting the possibility of final resurrection to all. Jesus’ earthly life brought salvation history to its climax; Mary’s assumption gives us hope that in a constantly changing and ever more complex world God never abandons those who love Him, but rather rewards them with eternal life."
https://www.simplycatholic.com/marys-assumption/
Holy Mary, Blessed Mother, Virgin Most Pure, and Blessed - God has deemed that you should bear the Holy Savior of the world and because of the purity that He alone has instilled in you, you were taken up into heaven. Help us to be pure in mind, body, and soul so that like you, we may be behold the face of Our Savior and Christ Jesus, the Son of God and your Son. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death!
The sacred Tradition of the Church plays an important role in the daily celebration of our faith. Linked integrally with Scripture and the magisterium, the Tradition is God’s revelation and thus acts as a source
