Solemnity of the Assumption

Assumption and discipleship

Luke 11:27-28

What was described in the the book of Chronicles was how the people revered the Ark of the Covenant which contains the eternal relationship between God and man.  "You will be my people and I will be your God" is the core message of the relationship and all the duties and responsibilities that it implies.  This is the blueprint of our salvation now sealed in the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

The gospel talks about being blessed, not because of the principle attribute of physical motherhood, but in discipleship, "Happy are those who heed the Word of God and keep it."

All these are geared towards the perfection of that relationship between God and man.  It is who we are, where we have been, and where we are going.

The Assumption prefigures what will also happen to us given the conditions of discipleship.  As Mary was assumed into heaven because she received the gift of the Immaculate Conception, so too we hope to become in our ultimate journey to heaven, the perfection of the state of our souls in total communion with God.  We hope that in our entire journey, we would receive forgiveness from God and the inspiration to grow in our faith.  Eventually, as we do God's will, we would receive the perfection from being the adopted sons and daughters of the Lord.

Let this be our theme as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption tomorrow.