Audio: Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Assumption, Titian (1516–1518)

“From this day all generations will call me blessed”

Oh this solemnity in which we recognize the Blessed Virgin Mary’s assumption, body and soul, into Heaven, Fr. Stephen Hamilton reflects on her particular beauty, a moral beauty expressed in her faith and purity—a beauty we should desire in ourselves.

Reading 1 RV 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB
Responsorial Psalm PS 45:10, 11, 12, 16
Reading 2 1 COR 15:20-27
Gospel LK 1:39-56