Monday, August 15, 2016

Mary's Assumption

Pope Pius XII established this feast, now a Solemnity, in 1950, a time when the world was still reeling with the effects of WWII and searching for the meaning of human existence. Visible signs of the war scarred Europe (and would for decades), Japan and the Islands in the South Pacific, but the worse scars were left on the human psyche. Materialism and secularism began to spread wildly to fill the gaps left by the war. However, by holding up Mary's Assumption as a dogma of faith, Pope Pius affirmed the dignity and destiny of the human race: we are God's creation and destined to live with him in eternity, body and soul. There is meaning and place for both the material and the spiritual; both must complement each other. Again, Mary is the teacher, the sign, the source of hope, for we shall, if we hold faithful to her Son, follow her, body and soul, to heaven in God's appointed time. May we continue to keep our eyes fixed on this woman clothed with the sun, standing on the moon and crowed with twelve stars. (Cf. Rev 12:1) and not lose faith nor hope.
Bro. Rene

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