MARY'S ASSUMPTION INTO HEAVEN

This feast means something more than what God done for Mary, that humble handmade, who had never foreseen her future glory. This feast means a great deal more, that is, it includes what God is doing for us too.The promise of after death glorification is our hope too, though not in the way as Mary had it. Mary was a true pro-type and image of the human kind; she belonged fully to God, and her answer to the angel says it all, " Behold the handmade of the Lord,be it done to me according to thy word".

Many things happened in her life starting with that annunciation by the angel and many roads appeared in front of her through valleys and mountains, ending on the the last mountain, Calvary where her heart was pierced from which flowed out her self-sacrificing spirit of abundant love for God and us.All this she experienced with that humility of a handmade because she didn't make plans for herself but only waited at the Master's door to know his will. All this was happening to her not only for herself but for ourselves too.Millions today who tread the Marian path know how easy it is to pass through deep valleys and go over steep mountains, always lifted high by the grace of God and Mary's hands. The final stage, the experience of heaven is there for all of us