Feast of the Assumption of Mary - August 15th
Sunday August 15th, 2010
That feast of the Assumption celebrates Mary's
entrance into heaven, body and soul. Mary is the first
among the faithful to be fully redeemed because of her
perpetually sinless state. Mary, because of her
relationship to her Son, shares, through privileged
anticipation, in the grace of the resurrection of the dead.
Mary does not have to endure the suspension of eternal
life until the resurrection of the dead.
The assumption of Mary was declared a dogma of
faith to be believed by faithful Catholics, by Pope Pius
XII on Nov. 1, 1950.
