Today we celebrate the Assumption of our Blessed Mother into
heaven. Imagine going to heaven body and
soul, not just soul! Our bodies will
join our souls/spirits at the end of the world, when Jesus comes in His second
coming and all is restored to the Father.
The fullness of redemption will occur at that time. However, today we celebrate the face that, at
the end of her life here on earth, Mary was taken up to heaven body and soul.
No way would God allow the body of the mother of His Son to undergo corruption.
Imagine the rejoicing in heaven when Mary
comes through the eternal gates, so to speak. Imagine Mary’s joy as well as
Jesus’ and that of the entire Trinity
and all of the angels and saints. What a celebration! But you know what, the Trinity and Mary and
all the angels and saints in heaven rejoice, also, when our spirits/souls enter heaven.
Though I am here on earth right now enjoying the many ways
in which God reveals Himself to me, I am eager for that moment when I will be
born into eternal life. What a glorious day that will be for me, for those of
my family—both my family of origin and my religious community family—when Jesus
leads me through those “gates!” Of
course, I know that I have a lot of work to do in cooperation with grace before
that great day of rejoicing. I also know that God is at work in me, in you, every day to bring about the fullness of
redemption in us, transforming sin in us into holiness, selfishness into
generosity, deceit into honesty, pride into humility.
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