SHE'S HOME NOW!
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:39-56
When I was a little boy, there was a period in my life when I never left my mother’s side. I would always tag along with her wherever she went. I remember at least one incident when I threw into tantrums because my mother had to go away by herself, leaving me home. Perhaps the impact of that childhood experience is such that I can still picture in my mind how I looked and acted that day.
It is really different when mother is close by. Of course, when she leaves home she will also return eventually. When she leaves home, she does not really totally leave it. When she leaves home, she is physically absent but she is very much present in spirit. But being present in body is certainly different from being present in spirit. Mother is gone until she is physically back. After some time of being absent, even if the absence is but a fraction of an hour, it never fails to ring a bell of joy to hear someone announce, “She’s home!”
The Most Blessed Virgin Mary is home now. She is with the Most Blessed Trinity – her Father, her Son and her Spouse – in both body and soul. Perhaps, on the day she was assumed into heaven, the angels announced, “She’s home now!” We can only imagine the explosion of joy in heaven. We can only envision the divine ecstasy of the Triune God.
Now it is the Mary’s turn to wait. Our Blessed Mother waits for us in heaven. What has been fulfilled in her is a trustworthy promise to us. We will have our own assumption day. We will be home someday. We will live with her, with the angels, with the saints and, most of all, with God forever not as spirits but as embodied spirits. We will be in heaven, body and soul, eventually. We will see God with our eyes, hear Him with our ears, smell Him with our nose, touch Him with our hands, and interact with Him with all our physical, as well as spiritual, faculties. We will be home someday.
This is the truth that the Blessed Mother’s assumption reminds us. We believe not only in the resurrection of the body, as we profess in the Apostles Creed; we also believe in the assumption of the body and soul as it happened to the Blessed Mother. Thus, we must prepare not only our souls but our bodies as well for that great homecoming. Respect for our bodies should be guided by the promise of the assumption.
We will be home someday. When that day comes, it will be the Blessed Mother’s turn to tell Jesus, “They’re home now, my Son! They’re home now at last!”
Lk 1:39-56
When I was a little boy, there was a period in my life when I never left my mother’s side. I would always tag along with her wherever she went. I remember at least one incident when I threw into tantrums because my mother had to go away by herself, leaving me home. Perhaps the impact of that childhood experience is such that I can still picture in my mind how I looked and acted that day.
It is really different when mother is close by. Of course, when she leaves home she will also return eventually. When she leaves home, she does not really totally leave it. When she leaves home, she is physically absent but she is very much present in spirit. But being present in body is certainly different from being present in spirit. Mother is gone until she is physically back. After some time of being absent, even if the absence is but a fraction of an hour, it never fails to ring a bell of joy to hear someone announce, “She’s home!”
The Most Blessed Virgin Mary is home now. She is with the Most Blessed Trinity – her Father, her Son and her Spouse – in both body and soul. Perhaps, on the day she was assumed into heaven, the angels announced, “She’s home now!” We can only imagine the explosion of joy in heaven. We can only envision the divine ecstasy of the Triune God.
Now it is the Mary’s turn to wait. Our Blessed Mother waits for us in heaven. What has been fulfilled in her is a trustworthy promise to us. We will have our own assumption day. We will be home someday. We will live with her, with the angels, with the saints and, most of all, with God forever not as spirits but as embodied spirits. We will be in heaven, body and soul, eventually. We will see God with our eyes, hear Him with our ears, smell Him with our nose, touch Him with our hands, and interact with Him with all our physical, as well as spiritual, faculties. We will be home someday.
This is the truth that the Blessed Mother’s assumption reminds us. We believe not only in the resurrection of the body, as we profess in the Apostles Creed; we also believe in the assumption of the body and soul as it happened to the Blessed Mother. Thus, we must prepare not only our souls but our bodies as well for that great homecoming. Respect for our bodies should be guided by the promise of the assumption.
We will be home someday. When that day comes, it will be the Blessed Mother’s turn to tell Jesus, “They’re home now, my Son! They’re home now at last!”
posted by Fr. Bobby @ 3:00 PM
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1 Comments:
Mother Mary, as you ascend to heaven and join our Heavenly Father, you son Jesus our brother, please pray to them to eliminate the chaos in this world, to reduce the terrorism that envelops fear in our land. News are depressing, economy is stagnant; notorius and corrupt people are just around. Give them your intervention Mother Mary to see the light so that our land will still be a land of peace for the next generation to come.
Heavenly Father hear our prayer. Lord Jesus, we trust in YOU.Amen
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