The Dormition of the Mother of God

𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗜𝗜 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝘁. 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀

“𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝐴𝑑𝑎𝑚 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑, 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡; 𝑤𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐, 𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑛𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔, “𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐼 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛?” (𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠 5:3) 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 – 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑆𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝐻𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑉𝑖𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛, 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑖𝑙; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝐼, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛, 𝑎𝑚 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒 – 𝐼, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑚 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑙, ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑙, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦.”