Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

What

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

When

8/15/2023

Readings for Today

Preview Gospel Reflection

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lectionary #621 and 622
Liturgical color: white
Holyday of Obligation
Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3–4, 15–16; 16:1–2 • Ps 132:6–7, 9–10, 13–14 • 1 Cor 15:54b–57 • Lk 11:27–28
Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1–6a, 10ab • Ps 45:10, 11, 12, 16 • 1 Cor 15:20–27 • Lk 1:39–56
Gloria
Creed

Catholics believe that God assumed Mary’s body into heaven. Byzantine Christians call today her “dormition” or “falling asleep.” Others call today her “harvesting” into heaven. Pope Pius XII declared the assumption a dogma of the faith in 1950 to remind us that creation is good, following years of war, Holocaust, and nuclear destruction. Creation is good. We are good.