The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was already being celebrated on 15 August in the 5th century. It ...

As we approach the great feast of the Assumption of Mary, I, having written a post on the biblical evidence for the Assumption of Mary, thought I would change gears and consider the historical ...

Many people don’t realize the importance of the dogma of Mary’s Assumption into Heaven. This wasn’t merely a fanciful whim on the part of Pope Pius XII when he promulgated it in 1950. Rather, like all ...

The Aug. 13 reenactment of the assumption of Mary at the Valencia Cathedral is considered to be an “auto sacramental” (“sacramental act”), a genre of drama linked to Catholic rituals and traditions ...

Who can conceive, my brethren, that God should so repay the debt, which He condescended to owe to His Mother, for the elements of His human body, as to allow the flesh and blood from which it was ...

The dormition and assumption of Mary are two parts of one special event in salvation history. The first part, the dormition, refers to her death (as the word, dormition, employs the euphemism Paul ...

The Assumption is the feast that celebrates Mary's being taken body and soul into Heaven at the end of her earthly life. The Assumption is the feast that celebrates Mary’s being taken body and soul ...

Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

The Assumption of Mary is a centerpiece of Roman Catholic theology and life. To understand the doctrine correctly we need to listen before responding. There is a regrettable tendency among Christians ...

“How does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:41). If Jesus Christ is the cosmic bridge between God and Man, then Mary, as mother of the Incarnation, provides the ...

The Orthodox and Byzantine traditions have a rich collection of prayers for this day, developed by the early Church.The annual celebration of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary has ancient ...