August 15, 2023 Reflection – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary!
The Assumption! August 15, 2023 The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Dear Family of Mary! Today we celebrate the Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven, body and soul!!! She is in Heaven, for all eternity, filled with the joy of God, yet still concerned for Her children here on earth. And so She has come to us in these difficult days to guide us on our journey to Heaven with Her loving presence, in Medjugorje. She told us: February 2, 2016 “Dear children, I have called you and am calling you anew to come to know my Son, to come to know the truth. I am with you and am praying for you to succeed. My children, you must pray much in order to have all the more love and patience; to know how to endure sacrifice and to be poor in spirit. Through the Holy Spirit, my Son is always with you… His Church is born in every heart that comes to know Him. Pray that you can come to know my Son; pray that your soul may be one with Him. That is the prayer and the love which draws others and makes you my apostles. I am looking at you with love, with a motherly love. I know you; I know your pain and sorrows, because I also suffered in silence. My faith gave me love and hope. I repeat, the Resurrection of my Son and my Assumption into Heaven is hope and love for you. Therefore, my children, pray to come to know the truth; to have firm faith which will lead your heart and which will transform your pain and sufferings into love and hope. Thank you.” Our Lady’s Assumption into Heaven is hope and love for us! She shows us the way to eternal happiness. She is with us to help us find that way and walk in it! May we listen always to her wise counsel, and follow her example of humility, purity, and love! Let us pray: Prayer on the Assumption of Our Lady in Honor of Pope Pius XII O Immaculate Virgin, Mother of God and Mother of all! We believe with all the fervor of our faith in your triumphal Assumption, both in body and soul, into Heaven, where you are acclaimed as Queen by all the choirs of angels and all the legions of saints; and we united with them to praise and bless the Lord who has exalted you above all other pure creatures, and to offer you the tribute of our devotion and our love. We know that your gaze, which on earth watched over the humble and suffering humanity of Jesus, is filled in Heaven with the vision of that humanity glorified, and with the vision of Uncreated Wisdom; and that the joy of your soul in the direct contemplation of the adored Trinity, causes your heart to throb with overwhelming tenderness. And we, poor sinners, whose body weighs down the flight of the soul, beg you to purify our hearts, so that, while we remain here below, we may learn to see God, and God alone, in the beauties of his creatures. We trust that your merciful eyes may glance down upon our miseries and sorrows, upon our struggles and our weaknesses; that your countenance may smile upon our joys and our victories; that you may hear the voice of Jesus saying to you of each one of us, as he once said to you of his beloved disciple: “Behold your son.” (from Blessed Art Thou by Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press, 1996) In Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Cathy Nolan www.marytv.tv