Sunday, August 15, 2021
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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“My soul dey proclaim di greatness of di Lord; my spirit dey rejoice for God my Saviour, because e don look with favour on im humble servant. From today, all generations go call me blessed: di Almighty don do great things for me, and im Name dey holy.” Luke 1:46–49
Today, we dey celebrate one of di seventeen different memorials, feasts and solemnities wey dey for di Roman Liturgical Calendar to honour di Blessed Virgin Mary. Today celebration na one of di four great Solemnities wey dem dey use honour our Blessed Mama. E clear say, apart from our Lord, no other person dey receive honour and celebration with di kind solemnity wey Mama of God dey receive.
Di Solemnity of di Assumption dey honour di truth say, when di Blessed Virgin Mary finish her life for earth, dem carry her, body and soul, enter Heaven to dey with her Son wey don rise from di dead, so she go adore di Most Holy Trinity forever. Na wonderful truth to think about say her body and soul still dey together as one for Heaven, as she dey wait for dat glorious day when dem go create di new Heavens and Earth, and when all di faithful go rise to live forever with God for new bodily form.
Even though di faithful don hold and believe dis dogma of our faith from di earliest days of our Church, especially as di people wey close pass to our Blessed Mama witness her glorious Assumption, na only for November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII solemnly proclaim am as truth. E raise dis teaching of our faith to di level of dogma, wey mean say everybody must hold and believe am. For one part of im declaration, di Holy Father talk say, “…we pronounce, declare and define am as dogma wey God don reveal: say di Immaculate Mama of God, Mary wey remain Virgin always, after she finish di course of her life for earth, dem carry her, body and soul, enter di glory of Heaven.”
Di Gospel passage wey dem quote above come from di beginning of Mary song of praise, her Magnificat, wey she use not only give God di greatest glory, but also show who she be. Na she be di one wey “all generations” go call “blessed.” Na for her “di Almighty don do great things.” Na she go proclaim “di greatness of di Lord” for all eternity, and her spirit go rejoice forever for God her Saviour. And na she be dat most humble servant wey God don raise to di greatest glory.
Today, join di whole Church to reflect on Mary, di Most Glorious Ever-Virgin, wey dem conceive am without sin, wey remain without sin throughout her life, and wey dem carry, body and soul, enter Heaven. Na there she dey now, dey adore di Most Holy Trinity and dey intercede for you and for di whole Church. Dis na Solemnity of great rejoicing! Share dis joy with di whole Church and with all di saints for Heaven!
Most glorious Mary, wey remain Virgin always, today I dey rejoice with you and with di whole Church because of di most glorious things wey God don do for you. Your beauty pass every other beauty, you dey Immaculate for every way, and you deserve our deepest love. As you dey share now, body and soul, for di glories of Heaven, abeg pray for me and for all your dear children for earth. Cover us with your mantle of love, and always pour God mercy on us. Mama Mary, wey dem carry enter Heaven, pray for us wey dey turn to you for help. Jesus, na You I trust.
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