The Feast of Assumption of our Blessed Virgin Mary

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On this day of Holy Reverence of our Blessed Lady, I wish you all a " Happy Feast ".




P.S. To my Christian Brethren- Please do not forget to attend the Holy Mass on this Feast day. Today' Holy Mass is a obligatory Mass- it has the character of ' Sunday Mass '.

Furthermore, this day is one of the most important day for all the souls in purgatory. St. Peter Damian gives an incredible account of the Magnificence and Holy Reverence of this day-

Among all her festivals, that of the glorious Assumption of Mary seems to be the chief day of deliverance. St. Peter Damian tells us that each year, on the day of the Assumption, the Blessed Virgin delivers several thousands of souls. The following account of a miraculous vision illustrates this subject:—" It is a pious custom," he says," which exists among the people of Rome, to visit the churches, carrying a candle in the hand, during the night preceding the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady." Now it happened that a person of rank, being on her knees in the basilica of the Ara-Cœli in the Capitol, saw before her, prostrate in prayer, another lady, her god-mother, who had died several months previous. Surprised, and not being able to believe her eyes, she wished to solve the mystery, and for this purpose placed herself near the door of the church. As soon as she saw the lady go out, she took her by the hand and drew her aside. "Are you not," she said to her, "my god-mother, who held me at the baptismal font?" "Yes," replied the apparition immediately, "it is I." "And how comes it that I find you among the living, since you have been dead more than a year ? " “Until this day I have been plunged in a dreadful fire, on account of the many sins of vanity which I committed in my youth, but during this great solemnity the Queen of Heaven descended into the midst of the Purgatorial flames and delivered me, together with a large number of other souls, that we might enter Heaven on the Feast of her Assumption. She exercises this great act of clemency each year; and, on this occasion alone, the number of those whom she has delivered equals the population of Rome." Seeing that her god-daughter remained stupefied and seemed still to doubt the evidence of her sense, the apparition added," In proof of the truth of my words, know that you yourself will die a year hence, on the Feast of the Assumption; if you outlive that period, believe that this was an illusion." St. Peter Damian concluded this recital by saying that the young lady passed the year in the exercise of good works, in order to prepare herself to appear before God. The year following, on the Vigil of the Assumption, she fell sick, and died on the day of the feast itself, as had been predicted. The Feast of the Assumption is, then, the great day of Mary's mercy towards the poor souls ; she delights to introduce her children into the glory of Heaven on the anniversary of the day on which she herself first entered its blessed portals. This pious belief, adds Father Louvet, is founded on a great number of particular revelations ; it is for this reason that in Rome the Church of St. Mary in Montorio, which is the centre of the arch-confraternity of suffrages for the dead, is dedicated under the title of the Assumption.

P.S. So, please offer your reverential prayers for all the departed souls, this day.

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"But if some think us mistaken, let them search the Scriptures. They will not find Mary's death…for her end no-one knows." (Epiphanius, Panarion, Haer. 78.10-11, 23. Cited by Juniper Carol, OFM, Mariology, vol. II, pp. 139-40)