HAPPY FEAST DAY TO YOU & YOUR LOVED ONES!

So today we are rejoicing with the angels and saints as we celebrate our Blessed Mother’s Assumption into heaven, body and soul, at the end of her earthly life. 

It is a day of great joy and hope for us. Because we believe that where Our Lord has taken his Mother, one day he will bring each one of us. 

TWO MASSES WILL BE PROVIDING IN OUR PARISH TODAY: @. 9:15AM - SCHOOL MASS, ALL ARE WELCOMING & 7.00PM - COMMUNITY MASS.

LOOK FORWARDS OF WELCOMING YOU ALL!

Blessed Virgin Mary, pray for us!

HOMILY - ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Happy feast to you all!

Today we are rejoicing with the angels and saints as we celebrate our Blessed Mother’s Assumption into heaven, body and soul, at the end of her earthly life. 

It is a day of great joy and hope for us. Because we believe that where Our Lord has taken his Mother, one day he will bring each one of us. 

So we share in our Blessed Mother’s joy when she says in the Gospel today: “The Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his Name.” 

So in our celebration today, we are joining the Church in every century in continuing this great tradition of love and devotion. 

As you might know the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was declared a Dogma of Faith by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950. But historically, since the very beginning, there is that great tradition of talking and believing in the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

The Blessed Mary was the first of us to be taken to heaven, the first to experience the joy of eternal life. 

But, as we know, she is not the last. We will join her! 

 Today’s feast gives us hope. 

The challenge for all of us in this moment, is to keep before our eyes the truth of Mary’s glorious Assumption into heaven. We need to remember that we believe and follow Jesus who has conquered sin and death. 

St. Paul tells us today in the second reading: “The last enemy to be destroyed is death!” That is still the truth! God’s love is stronger than death! God’s love destroys the power of death! And that’s what this beautiful feast - this Solemnity is all about. 

And in the passage of the Gospel today, we hear Mary sing her great song of the Magnificat: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!” 

This is the way that we want to live here on earth. Just like Mary our Blessed Mother, we need to proclaim the greatness of God and the joy that comes from knowing his love in our lives. We need to be excited about our lives and our mission in the world. 

At this time, at this challenging time, it’s so important for all of us to reflect on the beauty of our faith that we live in our daily life and share with others. 

So, as we know, God calls us to be missionary disciples, to spread his love all over the world, beginning in our own lives. If we live the way God created us to live, we will find joy and happiness and truth and love, starting here on earth and then in a totally beautiful way in heaven. 

So let us ask for the grace today — to deepen our belief in the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. 

Let us ask her to strengthen us, to help us to become really missionary disciples. And let’s ask her to pray for each one of us — our personal needs, and our families, and our parishes, and in our school.