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‘LET IT BE TO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD.’ Luke 1.38
Prayer Thought:
The Christian
Way holds before the world a promise of great joy and happiness. It describes a
way of living and offers a mystery of life that is full and forever. And this
Sunday’s Feast - referred to variously as The Falling Asleep of the
Blessed Mother, The Dormition of Mary, the Repose of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and The Assumption of Our Lady - proclaims this deepest and most profound of
Christian mysteries and promises.
When Mary heard God’s announcement and accepted her vocation she
understood that God was entering into the human condition through her and
embracing humanity in order to put an end to fear, anxiety and death and that
we may live gracefully and truthfully in that fullness of life which is without
end. The message of the Scriptures is that this believing young Hebrew mother
experiences the realization of the Good News of what full life in God means for
us all. Mary, the Bearer of God, lived this earthly life in the presence of God
and was the first disciple of her Son. And this Feast proclaims that, after her
falling asleep in death (Dormition), we can trust that she was assumed into
heaven. And that this is the same joy which awaits all who live and die in the
way of Christ. Let it be to me according to Your word. Thank you. God bless,
Paul
