Happy and blessed feast day of the Assumption, y’all!

+JMJ+ I’m still on break but I wanted to say Hi, and I hope you’ll have a happy and blessed feast day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this post you’ll find some images of the Assumption and a quote from and link to an article written by a deacon of the Byzantine Rite. I’ll be back to regular posting soonish. Stay tuned for an update on that. (My, this summer went by much too quickly.)

Catholics of the Latin tradition often assume that Mary’s final end has been sufficiently addressed by the dogma of the Assumption, that is, her translation, body and soul, into heaven as defined by Pius XII in 1950. But as glorious as the mystery of her Assumption is, it represents only one dimension of the mystery of the end of Mary’s life. There is also her death and subsequent resurrection. On this subject, Pope Pius remained silent, choosing not to address the subject of Mary’s mortality. The Byzantine tradition, however, as part of the universal and fully Catholic patrimony of the Church, is not silent on this topic. It guards a rich treasury of teaching, iconography, and liturgy concerning the end of Mary’s life.
—Fr. Deacon Daniel G. Dozier, Mary’s Assumption in the Eastern Tradition, Catholic Answers Magazine, 8/14/2019.

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Notes and Links

Mary’s Assumption in the Eastern Tradition, by Fr. Deacon Daniel G. Dozier, Catholic Answers Magazine, 8/14/2019.

Images: 1) Assumption, by Peter Paul Rubens. 2) The Dormition: ivory plaque, late 10th-early 11th century (Musée de Cluny). Photo by Clio20, CC BY-SA 3.0. 3) Assumption, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. All of these are from Wikimedia Commons, public domain unless otherwise noted.

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