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Aggie Catholics: 100 Ways To Pray

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Salve Regina!

The Digital Hairshirt: Hey, Assumption, y'all! A Scriptural primer on to...

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Happy Catholic*: What Can We Do in These Terrible Times?

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Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: Guess what the most serious problem in the Arab world is?

Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: Guess what the most serious problem in the Arab world is?

Abbey Roads: Prayer to St. Roch

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Abbey Roads: St. Rocco, patron saint of hitchhikers...

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Abbey Roads: Pope Francis in Korea

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Permissible Genocide?


The Episcopalians Do It

Interesting post from Father McDonald at Southern Orders.

THE B-MOVIE CATECHISM: NOW SHOWING AT A BLOG NEAR YOU

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Saint Louis Catholic: Hmmm, I Wonder What Could Have Possibly Happened t...

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Number 3 Equity Court: Alabama Federal Judge Arrested for Family Violence...

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Chinese Catholics Barred From Traveling To See The Pope

Chinese Communist officials have prevented Chinese pilgrims from traveling to South Korea to see the Pope.  Full story here.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary



Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Mother of God.  In the east this feast is called the Dormition of the Theotokos.

From Blessings of the Daily: A Monastic Book of Days by Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette:

"This feast is considered, especially in the East, the most prominent of all the feasts celebrated in honor of the Mother of God. It is also one of the most ancient.  In the Christian East, the feast is kept with great solemnity and is preceded by a two-week fast as preparation.

Some Christians, not of the Orthodox or Catholic tradition, have a difficult time trying to comprehend the mystery we are about to celebrate.  After all, there is no testimony in the Scriptures concerning the death and Assumption of the Mother of God into heaven. Our belief is founded on sacred tradition, the belief of the ancient, undivided Church. . . . Saint Juvenal, bishop of Jerusalem around the time of the Council of Chalcedon, relates the tradition as it was believed by the Christians of Jerusalem:  Mary died in the presence of all the Apostles (except Thomas), but when her tomb was opened at the request of Saint Thomas, it was found empty; where from the Apostles concluded that her body had been taken up to heaven."