Mother’s Ascension to Heaven Promises Life After Death – Vatican News

Mr. Jinu Jacob, Vatican City, Br. Albin feeding MDR

“Mary’s ascension must have been more glorious than Jesus’ ascension. Only angels came to receive the Son of God. The Messiah and all the heavenly people came to take Mary.” … These are the words of St. Peter Damian.

The Second Vatican Council speaks of the Conception of Mary as follows: “The Immaculate Mary, preserved from every stain of original sin, when her earthly journey was completed, to be carried with spiritual bodies to heavenly glory. The Lord made her the queen of the universe. So that she would be more compatible with her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death. “

On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII declared the ascension of the Mother of God to be a religious fact through the document entitled ‘Munificantissimus Devus’. It is a divinely revealed belief that the Holy Mother ascended to the heavenly abode with her soul and body after her physical life was completed.

For 14 years after the death of Jesus, the Holy Mother was with the disciples of Christ, comforting the sorrows of others, ministering to the sick and spreading her life as the gospel of Christ to others. The traditional belief is that Mary died 14 years after the birth of Jesus. This is also called Mary’s deep sleep.

According to St. John Damascene, St. Thomas was not present at the time of the Holy Mother’s death. After they arrived there on the third day and asked to see the body of Mother Thomas dead, they opened the tomb with Peter’s permission. But the physical body of the mother was not there. Then, it is believed that the mother is taken up to her son in spiritual bodies to heaven. Since the 6th century in the Eastern Church, this day has been celebrated under the name ‘Mother’s Dormition’. Later, he came to be known as Swargaropana Thirunal.

There are four beliefs about the Holy Mother: the Holy Mary is the Immaculate Conception, the Holy Mary is the Eternal Virgin, the Holy Mary is the Mother of God, and the Holy Mary is the Idea. The first three credits lead us to the fourth big credit. It is widely believed that the Holy Mother was lifting her up to heaven with her Son.

The proof that the life of the Virgin Mary, who stood as a co-savior to save the world with Jesus, should not be limited to the earth, but that it should continue forever with her Son , encouraging us to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption.

The first letter of Saint Paul the Apostle to the church in Corinth, chapter fifteen, verse forty-four says: “That which is planted in the physical body is born -again in the spiritual body. ” Mary’s life, except without original sin, was like that of a human. Mary, who was born into this world as a daughter of God with a fully human anatomy, was chosen by God to be the mother of His Son, and thus began her pilgrimage from materialism to a higher spirituality. This pilgrimage, then God’s will to continue in heaven, is the heart of Mary’s ascension.

Saying ‘Here is the handmaid of the Lord’ and giving herself up for the will of God, the promotion of the mother to God as the handmaid of the Lord in the land that God has placed with God, as the mother of Jesus, and as the beloved bride of the Lord Spirit is the mother’s answer. The call of a mother is the power that makes everyone believe that Mother is in heaven as help in times of helplessness and hope in times of despair. And, this festival also reminds us that we should keep our body and soul clean.

Faith in the resurrection of our bodies is the truth of faith that each of us confesses in the Creed. Therefore, this festival confirms the need to preserve our body, which is the temple where God lives, with purity, to live forever on earth as pure, and prepare ourselves every day to reach God by preserving the purity of the white dress that we got through. baptism

Cardinal Newman says about the Holy Mother, “The Holy Mother is the door of heaven. The Holy Mother is the door that allowed the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ, to descend to earth. The Holy Mother is the door through which man runs to receive the eternal gift of the Kingdom of Heaven. God went down to earth and man went up to heaven through the door of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”

When we think deeply about the life of the Holy Mother, we are told that her life was rooted in faith. Saint Mary is the one who gave a good example of faith to all mankind through her own life. The kingdom of heaven is God’s gift to believers.

According to the divine plan, the Holy Virgin Mary, who loved and believed in the word of God by freely sacrificing her will and interests, is the gift given by God, the way to into heaven. The Confirmation is God’s gift to Mary to be with Jesus where he was when he lived a holy life, giving himself up for God.

The Blessed Virgin Mary traveled long distances with Jesus throughout his life. Ever since she bowed her knees and bowed her head before the will of God, in joy, in sorrow, in wealth, in poverty, in health, in sickness, in well-being, in weakness, The presence of the Holy Mother is everywhere. with Jesus. It was this pilgrimage that led the Holy Mother to be with the disciples with a motherly heart to dispel their fears after the resurrection of Jesus.

The holy book introduces us to the Holy Mother during the Feast of Cana, who walks with Jesus and sees and understands the shortcomings of others and begs for the intercession of her Son so that the to fill those deficiencies. Thus in the life of the wine; It is because there are still many people who suffer from a lack of goodness, health, and well-being, that God blessed the Holy Mother with the blessing of the heavenly presence to be together before God.

The Ascension is a reminder that we have a mother in heaven to intercede for us in our lives and our shortcomings. The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary reminds us that beyond the suffering and joys and sorrows of this earth, there is life in heaven with the Holy Trinity, the holy groups, and the angels.

In the thoughts of this holy day, it will help us a lot to consider a few lines of the hymn of the Holy Mother. The most important thing was the divine mercy on which she depended in her life. “My soul magnifies the Lord.” These words of the Holy Mother, who puts aside human desires and ambitions in life and dedicates herself to God’s plan, confirm the immortality of the unshakable soul.

The words of humility that she is not nothing and that the glory of the Lord is the meaning of her life have made her a Holy Mother worthy of being taken to heaven. She wants God to be good in the world and in her personal life. And she is not afraid to sacrifice human freedom for his glory.

As God is great, Holy Mother shares the belief that he will make us good who believe in him. The Ascension of the Holy Mother also gives us assurance that he will lift up, expand and enrich our poor lives with his glory.

Perhaps in this day and age, this festival also gives us an opportunity to get rid of the wrong thoughts in our lives. Holy Mother maternally corrects the idea that when we stand close to Almighty God, He criticizes us and judges us for our lack.

The Ascension of the Holy Mother shows us that this is the greatest temptation we face in human life. Those who try to find meaning in their own lives by denying God will surely fail. This is the truth that is clarified in the song of the Holy Mother: “He destroyed the powerful from their seats.” Therefore, the gift of humility is God’s gift to heaven. This festival also reminds us that we must be careful not to move away from God, understanding the truth that our glory resides only in the presence of God.

He not only promised the salvation of the soul in the eternal state of all that is valuable and beloved in this world, but he even sacrificed his life to obtain them, and increased our faith through his Mother. Nothing valuable and expensive will be destroyed and that is why the Lord said: “Even the hairs of your head are numbered” (Matthew 10.30). The Ascension of the Holy Mother assures us that our life carries the depth, height, and qualities of heaven, and it will lead us to that glory.

This ascension of Mary gives hope to the children of men to live with the goal of life after death, accepting suffering and suffering on this earth. The True Mother reminds us that life in this world is impermanent, and that we must work and live for the eternal immortal life beyond this mortal world. .

Jesus says in John 6:27; “Do not work for the bread that will die, but for the bread that the Son of Man will give you for eternal life.” The Holy Mother teaches us to live with an understanding of the good that is to come, beyond the small, suffering and suffering of life on this earth. But only if we do our part in the daily activities of this earth, we can enter the kingdom of heaven after death, as the queen of the three worlds, the heavenly mother reminds us.

Beyond the intellectual level of debate as to whether the Holy Mother ascended to heaven with a spiritual body while she was still alive or after her death, Pari is the one who defeated Satan by defeating on death This great festival reminds us to pray with more faith and energy when we always pray to the Mother to intercede for us at the time of death.