Mary, sublime among the stars

Fr. Chino Biscontin

In the Apostolic Exhortation Marialis cultus of 1974, Paul VI summarized the meaning of the Feast of the Assumption as follows: “The solemnity of August 15 celebrates the glorious Assumption of Mary into heaven. It is a feast of her destiny of fullness and blessedness, of the glorification of her immaculate soul and of her virginal body, of her perfect configuration to the Risen Christ; a feast that sets before the eyes of the Church and of all mankind the image and the consoling proof of the fulfillment of their final hope, namely, that this full glorification is the destiny of all those whom Christ has made His brothers, having ‘flesh and blood in common with them’ (Heb. 2:14; cf. Gal. 4:4)”. This long and dense phrase contains all the elements of this feast.

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