August 15th is the Feast Day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary to be a dogma of faith in 1950: “We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory.”
Since Mary is closely associated with all the mysteries of Jesus’ life, it is not surprising that the Holy Spirit has led the Church to believe in Mary’s share in his glorification. So close was she to Jesus on earth, she must be with him body and soul in heaven. (FranciscanMedia.org)
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