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Face to Face: A Reflection on the Assumption of Mary

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Face to Face Eye to Eye Spirit to Spirit Mary falls into her baby's gaze. Silent communion Deep understanding Infinity shared with a finite mortal. Finite Mother of an Infinite God. continue reading

The Assumption of Mary: Quotes and Images

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  Dormition of the Virgin  -  Fra Angelico , 1431-1432 Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem, at the Council of Chalcedon (451), made known to the Emperor Marcian and Pulcheria, who wished to possess the body of the Mother of God,  that Mary died in the presence of all the Apostles, but that her tomb, when opened upon the request of St. Thomas, was found empty; wherefrom the Apostles concluded that the body was taken up to heaven. “And from that time forth all knew that the spotless and precious body had been transferred to paradise”  (John the Theologian,  The Falling Asleep of Mary ; 400 AD) continue>