The Resurrection of Jesus Christ. 15 And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature. I apologize for not getting these up sooner but life is busy as ever. He, not knowing the word of God, had been brought to the Mount of Olivet, and saw the most holy body of the blessed Mary going up into heaven, and prayed her to give him a blessing. They have resulted in many more petitions, begging and urging the Apostolic See that this truth be solemnly defined. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. This is mentioned by the learned Andrew of Crete,3 in the East in the seventh, and by St. Gregory of Tours,4 in the West in the sixth century. Click on image for a larger version. As the first element of these demonstrations, they insist upon the fact that, out of filial love for his mother, Jesus Christ has willed that she be assumed into heaven. John 19:26-27 And the three virgins came and worshipped. Opening to them a way to the sepulchre, he showed it to them empty of the body of Christ. of Indulgences of August 12, 1726, approved by the above-named Pope Benedict XIII. That she should be the mother of her Creator was the most wonderful miracle, and the highest dignity; yet it was not properly this that God crowned in her, as Christ himself assures us.10 So near a relation to God was to be adorned with the greatest graces; and Mary’s fidelity to them was the measure of her glory. Thus he already held that such truths could be defined. Now God has willed that the Blessed Virgin Mary should be exempted from this general rule. Secondly, because as the high-priest under the Old Testament entered the holy place to stand before God for the people, so also Christ entered heaven “to make intercession for us,” as is said in Heb. 7. “The ark of his testament was seen in His temple…and a great sign appeared in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.”. And immediately, at the word of Peter, the hands hanging by the couch of the Lady came, and were fixed on Jephonias. However, since the liturgy of the Church does not engender the Catholic faith, but rather springs from it, in such a way that the practices of the sacred worship proceed from the faith as the fruit comes from the tree, it follows that the holy Fathers and the great Doctors, in the homilies and sermons they gave the people on this feast day, did not draw their teaching from the feast itself as from a primary source, but rather they spoke of this doctrine as something already known and accepted by Christ's faithful. And thus by the Holy Spirit, as has been said, they all came together. St. Bonaventure, De Nativitate B. Mariae Virginis, Sermo V. St. Bonaventure, De Assumptione B. Mariae Virginis, Sermo 1. Traditionally, Catholics meditate on the Glorious Mysteries while praying the rosary on Wednesday, Saturday, and the Sundays from Easter until Advent. 17 Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me, for I am not yet ascended to my Father. The women depart in fear and great joy. 21) explains, “our Redeemer rising before it was light, not only came forth free from hell, but destroyed also the bars of hell. And the mother of the Lord prayed, and in her prayer spoke thus: O God, who through Your great goodness hast sent from the heavens Your only-begotten Son to dwell in my humble body, who hast deigned to be born of me, humble as I am, have mercy upon the world, and every soul that calls upon Your name. The Glorious Mysteries 1 st The Resurrection (Faith). In the First Joyful Mystery we meditate on the Annunciation made by the angel Gabriel to most holy Mary, that she was to conceive and bear a Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. And her, whose assumption is at this day venerated and worshipped throughout the whole world, let us assiduously entreat that she be mindful of us in the presence of her most pious Son in heaven, to whom is praise and glory through endless ages of ages. The First Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Resurrection, when Christ, on Easter Sunday, rose from the dead as He had claimed He would. Thus, like not a few others, St. Peter Canisius, after he had declared that the very word "assumption" signifies the glorification, not only of the soul but also of the body, and that the Church has venerated and has solemnly celebrated this mystery of Mary's Assumption for many centuries, adds these words of warning: "This teaching has already been accepted for some centuries, it has been held as certain in the minds of the pious people, and it has been taught to the entire Church in such a way that those who deny that Mary's body has been assumed into heaven are not to be listened to patiently but are everywhere to be denounced as over-contentious or rash men, and as imbued with a spirit that is heretical rather than Catholic."(42). That there is, upon occasion and with due regard to circumstances, an obligation to administer fraternal correction there can be no doubt. 31 Foreseeing this, he spoke of the resurrection of Christ. Glorious Mysteries. And the three virgins, who were in the same place, and were watching, took up the body of the blessed Mary, that they might wash it after the manner of funeral rites. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe. “As the Father hath sent Me, I also send you.” Jesus breathes on them and says, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Amadeus of Lausanne, De Beatae Virginis Obitu, Assumptione in Caelum Exaltatione ad Filii Dexteram. They had found the stone rolled back, and the tomb empty, and they did not know what to make of it. (Collect for the Assumption), Spiritual Fruit: Grace of Final Perseverance | Confidence in Mary’s Intercession, Apocalypse 11:19-12:1; Sirach 24:23-31; Judith 16:10; 13:22-23; Song of Solomon 6:9, Grant, O Lord, we beseech Thee, to those who are celebrating this solemnity of the blessed Virgin Mary our Queen: that safe in her protection we may deserve to enjoy present peace and future glory. St. Albert the Great, Sermones de Sanctis, Sermo XV in Annuntiatione B. Mariae; cf. Thus, to mention only a few of the texts rather frequently cited in this fashion, some have employed the words of the psalmist: "Arise, O Lord, into your resting place: you and the ark, which you have sanctified"(21); and have looked upon the Ark of the Covenant, built of incorruptible wood and placed in the Lord's temple, as a type of the most pure body of the Virgin Mary, preserved and exempt from all the corruption of the tomb and raised up to such glory in heaven. And they pointed out the sepulchre with their finger. First Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation to Mary. Click on image for a larger version. 6 He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. This recommendation of ourselves to her we may renew in our morning and night devotions, and in a more solemn manner on all her festivals; imploring, moreover, her intercession in all temptations and necessities, spiritual or corporal. And on the same Lord's day the mother of the Lord says to the apostles: Cast incense, because Christ is coming with a host of angels; and, behold, Christ is at hand, sitting on a throne of cherubim. 6 Then cometh Simon Peter, following him, and went into the sepulchre, and saw the linen cloths lying, 7 And the napkin that had been about his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but apart, wrapped up into one place. And the Lord turned and said to Peter: The time has come to begin the singing of the hymn. Then, after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven, and took… "(28), When, during the Middle Ages, scholastic theology was especially flourishing, St. Albert the Great who, to establish this teaching, had gathered together many proofs from Sacred Scripture, from the statements of older writers, and finally from the liturgy and from what is known as theological reasoning, concluded in this way: "From these proofs and authorities and from many others, it is manifest that the most blessed Mother of God has been assumed above the choirs of angels. Of course, these responses are fictional. There appeared above the bier a cloud exceeding great, like the great circle which is wont to appear beside the splendour of the moon; and there was in the clouds an army of angels sending forth a sweet song, and from the sound of the great sweetness the earth resounded. It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala … 3. And Jephonias himself, when Peter ordered him, that the wonderful things of God might be showed forth, stood up behind the couch, and cried out: Holy Mary, who brought forth Christ who is God, have mercy upon me. In the Second Sorrowful Mystery we meditate how our Lord Jesus Christ was cruelly scourged in Pilate's house with innumerable blows. And I John answered and said: Just as I was going in to the holy altar in Ephesus to perform divine service, the Holy Spirit says to me, The time of the departure of the mother of your Lord is at hand; go to Bethlehem to salute her. I am writing these, not Mary. And the body of the blessed Mary was like lily flowers; and an odour of great sweetness came forth from it, so that no sweetness could be found like it. Therefore it seems that Christ should not have ascended into heaven. Then the most blessed Thomas was suddenly brought to the Mount of Olivet, and saw the most blessed body going up to heaven, and began to cry out and say: O holy mother, blessed mother, spotless mother, if I have now found grace because I see you, make your servant joyful through your compassion, because you are going to heaven. 13. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come. Let us look at Mary and see her Son. Go forth therefore from Bethlehem, and fear not: for, behold, by a cloud I shall bring you to Jerusalem; for the power of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit is with you. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the learned words of human wisdom; but in the doctrine of the Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. Hence our Lord said (John 16) that the Holy Ghost shall come and "convince the world . Every Sunday at Mass, we recite those words in the Nicene Creed: "I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come." Secondly, because the angel represented Christ, who was a young man; for He died and rose again in the thirty-fourth year of His age. Bear in mind that when, in the prætorium, the maid that kept the door John 18:17 recognised you, and told the others to revile you, then I spoke good words in your behalf. What, therefore, do you wish that I should do to her? And, behold, on a sudden, by the command of God, all the apostles were snatched up, raised on a cloud, from the places in which they were preaching the word of God, and set down before the door of the house in which Mary dwelt. Then the apostles with great honour laid the body in the tomb, weeping and singing through exceeding love and sweetness. 2 And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen. She whispers “yes” knowing that her life is forever changed and possibly going to be mu… In the Third Joyful Mystery we meditate how, when the full time of Mary's delivery was come, she brought forth our Saviour Jesus Christ at midnight, in the city of Bethlehem, and laid Him in a manger between two brute beasts. What a singular pleasure must she feel to behold him whom she had with so much solicitude ministered to, so affectionately attended, and so grievously mourned for, now placed on the throne of his majesty, resplendent with the glory of the divinity, and proclaimed everywhere the Lord of all things! (Numbers other than the 10 Hail Marys refer to the numbers pointing to the beads in the above illustration.) . St Louis de Montfort among many other Saints recommend praying slowly and intently for a tremendous spiritual benefit. 14 But the sensual man perceiveth not these things that are of the Spirit of God; for it is foolishness to him, and he cannot understand, because it is spiritually examined. The Apostles are then all assembled to her by a whirlwind in clouds of light and many other miracles continue to take place. Prayed on Wednesdays and Sundays. These are grouped by five into sets, the Joyful (or Joyous) Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Glorious Mysteries and the Luminous Mysteries. Let us look at Mary and see her Son. says, “The unbelieving Jews set a seal on the stone of the sepulchre that Christ might not come forth. 4. So Nyssen (Orat. “Of this heavenly queen,” says St. Francis, of Sales,8 “from my heart I proclaim this loving and true thought. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said: Peace be to you. Whence the evening could not be said to dawn towards the first day of the week, unless by the word evening the night itself is understood, which is concluded by the dawn. This "outstanding agreement of the Catholic prelates and the faithful,"(5) affirming that the bodily Assumption of God's Mother into heaven can be defined as a dogma of faith, since it shows us the concordant teaching of the Church's ordinary doctrinal authority and the concordant faith of the Christian people which the same doctrinal authority sustains and directs, thus by itself and in an entirely certain and infallible way, manifests this privilege as a truth revealed by God and contained in that divine deposit which Christ has delivered to his Spouse to be guarded faithfully and to be taught infallibly. To be devout to the Mother we must copy her virtues, and live faithful to the holy law of her Son. What, when she lost him in the temple, and saw him exposed to hardships and ill-treatment on other occasions! Christ by His Passion merited infinitely the opening of the kingdom of heaven, but by His Ascension He prepares the way for those inside His holy Church to enter into the heavenly kingdom. In the First Glorious Mystery we meditate how Jesus Christ our Lord rose again in glory, the third day after His Death and Passion, triumphant over death, and never more to die. 29 They that eat me, shall yet hunger: and they that drink me, shall yet thirst. [7] Ibid. The following explanation of the Glorious Mysteries is taken from the October 16, 2002 apostolic letter The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (Rosarium Virginis Mariae) by Pope John Paul II. Secondly, S. Ambrose thinks that they were different women who went out in the evening and in the morning. Mark 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet spices, that coming, they might anoint Jesus. 27Then he saith to Thomas: Put in thy finger hither, and see my hands; and bring hither thy hand, and put it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing. Some think that there were two stones to the sepulchre, the first on the outside, which closed the outer entrance of the sepulchre; the second on the inside, which protected the sepulchre itself. She alone merited to conceive the true God of true God, whom as a virgin, she brought forth, to whom as a virgin she gave milk, fondling him in her lap, and in all things she waited upon him with loving care. 5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their countenance towards the ground, they said unto them: Why seek you the living with the dead? And the priests of the Jews, along with their people, were astonished at the things which had come to pass; and being moved with the heaviest hatred, and again with frivolous reasoning, having made an assembly, they determine to send against the holy mother of God and the holy apostles who were there in Bethlehem. Consolations, even those that are spiritual, are rather supports of our weakness than the test and school of solid virtue; the character of which is to suffer with patience and constancy. 15 In those days Peter rising up in the midst of the brethren, said: (now the number of persons together was about an hundred and twenty:) 16 Men, brethren, the scripture must needs be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was the leader of them that apprehended Jesus: 17 Who was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. 53. And his raiment was like snow. First Glorious Mystery: The Resurrection. Thus, during the earliest period of scholastic theology, that most pious man, Amadeus, Bishop of Lausarme, held that the Virgin Mary's flesh had remained incorrupt-for it is wrong to believe that her body has seen corruption-because it was really united again to her soul and, together with it, crowned with great glory in the heavenly courts. And, behold, a cloud of light having snatched me up, brought me to you. But when the light went away, and at the same time with the light itself, the soul of the Blessed Virgin Mary was taken up into heaven with psalms, and hymns, and songs of songs. Hence it is written likewise (Micah 2:13): "He shall go up that shall open the way before them. Eph. . And I John heard this voice; and the Holy Spirit said to me: John, have you heard this voice that spoke in the heaven after the prayer was ended? Certainly nothing can be more sublime, or better for us, seeing God had nothing greater for his mother. 2 The Holy Spirit and the Church are in fact inseparable. Moreover, cities, dioceses, and individual regions have been placed under the special patronage and guardianship of the Virgin Mother of God assumed into heaven. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother" (Matthew 18:15). Now raised to a state of bliss she cannot have lost the power to intercede with God for us; this on the contrary must be much greater, as she is now seated near the throne of mercy. . The Resurrection. Nay, how much nearer a relation she bore to him, and how much dearer and more precious she was in his sight, so much a larger portion of his cup did he present to her above his other saints. . The purpose as with all prayer is to elevate the heart and mind to God. Therefore it was not fitting for Christ to ascend. And they watched and prayed the whole night, with psalms and chants, with great illuminations. Then the blessed Thomas told them how he was singing mass in India — he still had on his sacerdotal robes. 6:8 One is my dove, my perfect one is but one, she is the only one of her mother, the chosen of her that bore her. 1, a. 1, p. 615. Amen. And his bishopric let another take. Yet this so high a dignity only met with its recompense is the happiness to which she was admitted on this day, on which she was received by him in his glory, as she had harbored him on earth in her womb, and under her roof. The latter is the truth, but were it not so, the object of the present festival is still the same. That is the work attributed to the Holy Spirit as the legacy of Pentecost. Her body, as well as her soul, will be assumed into Heaven and be a symbol for us of the resurrection of the body. He tells us,16 that there arose at the same time, and in the same country, another heresy quite contrary to the former, the professors of which were called Collyridians, from certain cakes, called in Greek Collyrides, which they offered to the Virgin Mary, honoring her with sacrifices as a kind of divinity, and thus changing piety and devotion into superstition and idolatry. And kissing her, the Lord went back, and delivered her soul to the angels, that they should carry it into paradise. The fruit most commonly associated with the mystery of the Coronation is final perseverance. " The Fourth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when, at the end of her earthly life, the Mother of God was received, body and soul, into Heaven. 27, a. “The wisdom of the flesh is an enemy to God…And they who are in the flesh cannot please God. And, behold, suddenly, while St. John was preaching in Ephesus, on the Lord's day, at the third hour of the day, there was a great earthquake, and a cloud raised him and took him up from the eyes of all, and brought him before the door of the house where Mary was. Every one, however, whether having an official competency or not, is bound to give the admonition when the sin, committed though it be from ignorance, is hurtful to the offender or a third party or is the occasion of scandal. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. 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