“Mary was taken up to heaven; a chorus of angels exults” is
the Gospel acclamation of today’s feast, the Assumption of Mary into
heaven. “A chorus of angels exults!”
Imagine Mary being taken up into heaven, body and soul, not just her soul, as
will happen for us on the day we die. Our bodies will await the resurrection
from the dead at the end of time when Jesus “hands over the Kingdom to his God
and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and
power [ on earth]. For he [Jesus] must reign until he has put all his enemies
under his feet” (1 Cor 15: 20-27).
O what a glorious day—Mary, Jesus’ Mother, who gave the Son
of God His human nature, is taken up into heaven body and soul. What a
celebration that must have been for Jesus, for God the Father and the Holy
Spirit, and all of the angels and saints in heaven! Mary, who was conceived without sin, joins
the Trinity in heaven! You and I will
one day join Jesus and Mary in heaven, as well, because Jesus gave His life on the cross to free
us from sin, from all that would separate us from God! Because of Jesus’ dying on the cross, wiping out the effects of sin on those
who repent and then rising from the dead, overcoming and destroying
the power of death, you and I, like Mary, will one day enter eternal life. Yes,
the angels will exult over us as well.
Let us celebrate our faith!
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