Regular Mass Times:
MONDAY to FRIDAY: 6:30 am & 9:00 am – Chapel
SATURDAY: 9:00 am – Church
SATURDAY (Sunday Vigil): 5:00 pm
The Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary
It is not a holy day of obligation, but still a Holy Day. Confession is not scheduled this morning.
Friday, August 14th, 5:00 and 7:00 PM &
Saturday, August 15th, 9:00 and 11:00 AM ( * Please note the change in the Mass Times)
“A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have salvation and power come, and the Kingdom of our God and the authority of his Anointed One.”
The Solemnity of the Assumption celebrates the Blessed Mother’s entrance into heavenly glory. The Catechism explains that Mary “was taken up body and soul into the glory of heaven, where she already shares in the glory of her Son’s Resurrection, anticipating the resurrection of all members of his Body” (CCC, 974).
Mary’s Assumption into heaven reminds us that life on earth is a pilgrimage to our ultimate destination. We prepare in hope for our own passage into eternal life by the choices we make today. When we choose to love and follow God in our daily lives, we strengthen our relationship with Him, and this relationship is the true meaning of heaven: “To live in heaven is ‘to be with Christ” (CCC, 1025 citing St. Ambrose, In Luc.,10,121:PL 15 1834A.).
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