Imagining the Wonderment and Joy in Heaven on the Day of the Assumption of Our Lady!
Fr. Hugh Gillespie, SMM
Mary set out in haste to the hillside . . . to go higher.
Today’s amazing Gospel reading is remarkable. We hear Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth. Jesus is clothed, hidden within Mary as she sets forth on her journey. Jesus is hidden … but present. As Mary arrives at her cousin’s home, so too does Jesus.
Today, we celebrate another going up of Our Lady. Our Lady is always moving upward with a certain haste. Her Spirit . . . Her Heart is always elevated. She is always seeking after the things of Heaven. She who has the Lord enclosed within her, allows Him to lift her spirit ever higher.
The Queen of Heaven Arrives in Heaven
On this day we celebrate Our Lady’s Assumption. On this day she is born as she rises to heaven by the wings of angels and her Son. She who bore the Lord, is in turn, born by Him into Heaven. Hear more about this glorious feast day within the Homily.
We hear in scripture, how Elizabeth is overjoyed at the presence of Our Lady. The unborn St. John jumps for joy as well. Now imagine the angels’ joy and all of heaven when Our Lady arrives. The Queen of Heaven arrives in heaven . . . the angels must have jumped for joy on this day. Our Lady is not a visitor to heaven . . . she now resides in heaven. The sounds of Our Lady’s greeting . . . upon hearing this, imagine the joy in the hearts of heaven. Hear more within the Homily.
Imagine the Wonderment in Heaven
We hear about the wonderment of Abraham, and of David. Imagine the wonder of James the Apostle, who knew her on earth. Imagine Adam and Eve as they look in wonderment, because she has arrived. They look in wonderment and see what God’s plan is for all. If Elizabeth reacted in joy, how much more so will heaven jump for joy at the arrival of Our Lady!
Hear more and imagine. Hear more and share in the wonderment. Listen to this Meditation Media.
Assumption of the Blessed Mother: Italian Renaissance artist Titian (Tiziano Vecelli): Painted 1516
This painting remains in its original location, on the high altar of the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice.
