{"id":25800,"date":"2011-08-15T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/08\/in-the-virgin-marys-assumption\/"},"modified":"2011-08-15T07:00:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T11:00:09","slug":"in-the-virgin-marys-assumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/08\/in-the-virgin-marys-assumption\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Virgin Mary’s Assumption we have a path to our destiny in the God"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today’s feast celebrates the ultimate fulfillment of Mary’s
\njourney as God’s faithful and humble servant. As we reflect on this joyful
\nfeast, we hopefully realize that she is inviting us and teaching us to sing the
\nMagnificat [the text for today’s Gospel] along with her as we continue along
\nour own journeys, however near or far the fulfillment of our journey remains.
\nWe too are invited to proclaim in joy and humble service the compassion and
\njustice of our God. Today’s feast assures us that like Mary, in serving the
\nreign of God, we too will one day share in her destiny. (Father Damian, Abbot of Saint Joseph’s Abbey, Spencer)<\/p>\n

The Office of Readings leads us to shout for joy:<\/p>\n

Dearest brethren, this is a time
\nwhen all flesh should shout for joy, because the Mother of the Word made flesh
\nis assumed into heaven; nor should human mortality desist from singing songs of
\npraise on this glorious festival, when the nature of man is elevated in the
\nVirgin to solitary eminence, high above all the orders of immortal spirits. <\/i>(Saint Bernard, Second Nocturn)<\/p>\n

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Today’s feast celebrates the ultimate fulfillment of Mary’s journey as God’s faithful and humble servant. As we reflect on this joyful feast, we hopefully realize that she is inviting us and teaching us to sing the Magnificat [the text for today’s Gospel] along with her as we continue along our own journeys, however near or … Continue reading In the Virgin Mary’s Assumption we have a path to our destiny in the God<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[32088],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25800"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}