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  Assumption of the Virgin Egid Quirin Asam [ Web Gallery of Art ] This magnificent sculpture is over the High Altar in the Pilgrimage Church, Rohr, Bavaria, Germany. The Solemnity of the Assumption This takes the place of the Mass for the 20 th  Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B   Vigil Mass This Mass is used on the evening of 14 August, either before or after First Vespers (Evening Prayer) of the Solemnity. It fulfils our Sunday obligation.   Readings   (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland) This page gives the readings for both the Vigil Mass and the Sunday Mass. Readings   (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Gospel   Luke 11:27-28   (English Standard Version Anglicised: India) As Jesus said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!”   But he said,  “Blessed rather are thos...

Madonna of the Rosary Lorenzo Lotto [ Web Gallery of Art ] ' The Rosary belongs among the finest and most praiseworthy traditions of Christian contemplation. Developed in the West, it is a typically meditative prayer, corresponding in some way to the “prayer of the heart” or “Jesus prayer” which took root in the soil of the Christian East.' [St John Paul II,  Rosarium Virginis Mariae , No 5.] The Rosary here is the formula prayed by members of the  Legion of Mary , the way I prefer. There are various ways of beginning and ending the Rosary but the Five Mysteries are the heart of the prayer.  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.  Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. v. Send forth Your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created. R. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. God our Father, pour out the gifts of Your Holy Spirit ...