The Solemnity of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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The Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius XII on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Your body is holy and glorious In their sermons and speeches on the feast day of the Assumption of the Mother of God, the holy fathers and the great doctors of the church were speaking of something that the faithful already knew and accepted: all they did was to bring it out into the open, to explain its meaning and substance in other terms. Above all, they made it most clear that this feast commemorated not merely the fact that the blessed Virgin Mary did not experience bodily decay, but also her triumph over death and her heavenly glory, following the example of her only Son, Jesus Christ.
The Solemnity of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Solemnity of The Assumption of the…
The Solemnity of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius XII on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Your body is holy and glorious In their sermons and speeches on the feast day of the Assumption of the Mother of God, the holy fathers and the great doctors of the church were speaking of something that the faithful already knew and accepted: all they did was to bring it out into the open, to explain its meaning and substance in other terms. Above all, they made it most clear that this feast commemorated not merely the fact that the blessed Virgin Mary did not experience bodily decay, but also her triumph over death and her heavenly glory, following the example of her only Son, Jesus Christ.